grace and favour

noun

Owned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an expression of gratitude or obligation.

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Meanings

noungrace and favour (uncountable)
  1. UKuncountableOwned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an expression of gratitude or obligation.

    In 1986 a fire began in a grace-and-favour apartment above the King's Apartments in the south Wren wing.

    2005, Nigel R. Jones, Architecture of England, Scotland, and Wales, page 127
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    In the days before she formally stepped down, Truss held farewell parties for her supporters at the prime ministerial grace-and-favour mansion of Chequers.

    2023 September 1, Aubrey Allegretti, “‘She’s totally lost it’: inside story of the unravelling of Liz Truss’s premiership”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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grace and favour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grace%20and%20favour

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“grace and favour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grace%20and%20favour. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grace and favour,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grace%20and%20favour.

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