"comfort in grief, consolation," late 13c., from Old French solaz "pleasure, entertainment, enjoyment; solace, comfort," from Latin solacium "a soothing, assuaging; comfort, c [..]

"comfort, console in grief," late 13c.; also in Middle English "entertain, amuse, please," from Old French solacier "comfort, console" (often with a sexual connotation) a [..]

something that gives comfort or respite.

consolation: the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him" comfort: give moral or emotional strength to comfort in d [..]

n. Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.

(n) the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment(v) give moral or emotional strength to(n) comfort in disappointment or misery(n) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

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