grace vs spoil

grace

verb
  • To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour. 

  • To supply with heavenly grace. 

  • To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to. 

  • To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify. 

noun
  • A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal. 

  • An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor. 

  • Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin. 

  • In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules. 

  • A grace note. 

  • Charming, pleasing qualities. 

  • Elegant movement; balance or poise. 

  • An act or decree of the governing body of an English university. 

spoil

verb
  • To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. 

  • To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time. 

  • To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. 

  • Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. 

  • To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. 

  • To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler. 

noun
  • Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else. 

  • Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. 

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