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saving grace

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saving grace
noun
the bungalow's only saving grace was a room with spectacular views of the sea:
redeeming feature, compensating feature, good point, thing in its/one's favour, appealing/attractive aspect, advantage, asset, selling point;
mitigating/extenuating feature.
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