Noun: solace só-lis
- Comfort in disappointment or misery
"She found solace in her friends' support during the difficult time";
- solacement
- The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
"second place was no solace to him";
- consolation, solacement
- The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
"his presence was a solace to her";
- consolation, comfort
- Try to help someone feel less distressed, grieving, or disappointed through sympathetic words or actions
"His friends solaceed him after the loss of his job";
- comfort, soothe, console
Derived forms: solaced, solaces, solacing
Type of: act, comfort, comfortableness, ministration, move, relief, succor [US], succour [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Solace