year of grace

American  

noun

1. a specified year of the Christian era.

   this year of grace; the year of grace 1982.

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year of grace British  

noun

1. any year of the Christian era, as dated from the presumed date of Christ's birth

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Example Sentences

Good for brilliant young DeMeco Ryans for extracting a six-year contract from the Houston Texans — and he will need every year of grace to fix the bubbling mess he stepped into.

From Washington Post

The repayment period is five years with a possible additional two years of grace.

From Reuters

“I do believe this needs to be a year of grace for our schools,” Wright told members of the Senate Education Committee.

From Washington Times

“How incredibly rare to be given a year of grace,” Zeyl said.

From Seattle Times

“You have a year of grace period . . . and I was taking advantage of that.”

From Washington Post