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Consolation

//ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled. countable, uncountable

    "Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſters handes, ordained for that purpoſe, [...]"

  2. 2
    the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction wordnet
  3. 3
    The prize or benefit for the loser. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment wordnet
  5. 5
    A consolation goal. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old French consolacion (French consolatio), from Latin cōnsōlātiō, from the deponent verb cōnsōlor (“I console, encourage”) with the -tiō suffix, while cōnsōlor comprises the intensifying prefix con- with the deponent verb sōlor (“I comfort, console”). Equivalent to console + -ation. Doublet of consolatio.

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