Usually means: Redeeming quality amid major flaws.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word saving grace:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. saving grace: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. saving grace: Merriam-Webster
  3. saving grace: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. saving grace: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. saving grace: Collins English Dictionary
  6. saving grace: Vocabulary.com
  7. saving grace: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. saving grace: Wiktionary
  9. saving grace: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. saving grace: Dictionary.com
  11. Saving Grace (TV Series), Saving Grace (TV series), Saving Grace (band), Saving Grace (song), Saving Grace, Saving grace: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. saving grace: Rhymezone
  13. saving grace: FreeDictionary.org
  14. saving grace: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. saving grace: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. saving grace: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. saving grace: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. saving grace: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See saving_graces as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (saving grace)

noun:  (countable) A redeeming quality or factor.
noun:  (theology) God's grace or blessing, enabling sinners to attain salvation.

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