consolation, relief from distress; source of comfort
comfort, console, encourage; relieve, appease
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Solace Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Solace Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
Rest; relaxation; ease.
Rest; relaxation; ease.
(v. t.)
Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
(v. i.)
To take comfort; to be cheered.
To take comfort; to be cheered.
(n.)
To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
(n.)
To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
solace
\sol"ace\ (?), n. [of. solas, ssoulaz, l. solacium, solatium, fr. solari to comfort, console. cf. console, v. t.]
1. comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief. in business of mirth and of solace. the proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion. --rambler.
2. rest; relaxation; ease. [obs.] to make his steed some solace.
Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
Lloni = v. to solace, to gladden
Sir = n. a shire, a county, n. cheer, solace, comfort
Sirio = v. to cheer, to solace
Ymgeledd = n. succour, solace
Noun
1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"
(synonym) consolation, solacement
(hypernym) comfort
(hyponym) cold comfort
(derivation) comfort, soothe, console
2. comfort in disappointment or misery
(synonym) solacement
(hypernym) comfort, comfortableness
(derivation) comfort, soothe, console
3. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her"
(synonym) consolation, comfort
(hypernym) relief, succor, succour, ministration
(derivation) comfort, soothe, console
Verb
1. give moral or emotional strength to
(synonym) comfort, soothe, console
(hyponym) calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
(derivation) consolation, comfort
Solace Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Solace, from Old French solas, from Latin "consolation", meaning comfort or consolation in a time of distress.
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