Solace

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1. Verb

Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

2. Verb

Rest; relaxation; ease.

3. Noun

To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.

4. Noun

To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.

5. Verb

To take comfort; to be cheered.

6. Noun

the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone

7. Noun

comfort in disappointment or misery
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

8. Noun

the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her"
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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