solace
Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distressComfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.
Trost, Trost
утеше́ниеutešénije, смягче́ниеsmjaxčénije
(countable, uncountable)A source of comfort or consolation.
September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
comfort in disappointment or misery
Examples
29 sentencesI take solace in his words.
ruМеня утешают его слова. — BW
I take solace in her words.
Many are finding solace in gardening.
deViele finden Trost in der Gartenarbeit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Yanni started looking outside his marriage for solace.
The sea offers solace to the weary traveler.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-EuropeanFrom Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).
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Forms
plural: solacesSynonyms
10 synonyms- comfort in disappointment or misery:solacement
- the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment:consolationsolacement
- the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction:consolationcomfort
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable