Solace

//ˈsɒl.ɪs// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress. countable, uncountable

    "You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace."

  2. 2
    the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction wordnet
  3. 3
    A source of comfort or consolation. countable, uncountable

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

  4. 4
    the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment wordnet
  5. 5
    comfort in disappointment or misery wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console. transitive
  2. 2
    give moral or emotional strength to wordnet
  3. 3
    To allay or assuage. transitive
  4. 4
    To take comfort; to be cheered. intransitive

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
comfortcomfortcomfortconsolationconsolationconsole

Example

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"He often needs to seek solace in places near water."

Etymology

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

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