Solatium
//səˈleɪʃi.əm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm. countable, uncountable
- 2 Intangible or emotional compensation. countable, figuratively, uncountable
""But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160)."
Example
More examples""But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160)."
Etymology
From Latin solatium.
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