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Adjective: consoling  kun'sów-ling
  1. Intended to console or comfort
    "She wrote a consoling letter to the bereaved family";
    - comforting, consolatory
Verb: console  'kón,sówl
  1. Try to help someone feel less distressed, grieving, or disappointed through sympathetic words or actions
    "His friends consoleed him after the loss of his job";
    - comfort, soothe, solace

See also: reassuring

Type of: act, move

Encyclopedia: Consoling

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