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Solatium

//səˈleɪʃi.əm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm. countable, uncountable
  2. 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)."

Etymology

From Latin solatium.

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