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solace

noun
/ˈsɒl.ɪs/UK/ˈsɑ.lɪs/US/ˈsɔl.ɪs/

Etymology

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).

  1. derived from *selh₂-✻ — “mercy, comfort”
  2. derived from sōlācium — “consolation”
  3. derived from solas

Definitions

  1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.

    • You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.

  2. A source of comfort or consolation.

    • September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

  3. To give solace to

    To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To allay or assuage.

    2. To take comfort

      To take comfort; to be cheered.

      • But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in, And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.

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Derived

solaceful, solacement, solacer, unsolaced, unsolacing

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA