solace

1. v. t. Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief. Source: opted

2. v. t. Rest; relaxation; ease. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. n. To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief. Source: opted

5. v. i. To take comfort; to be cheered. Source: opted

6. n. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment Source: wordnet

7. n. comfort in disappointment or misery Source: wordnet

8. n. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction Source: wordnet

9. v. give moral or emotional strength to Source: wordnet

10. 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. Chaucer. 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. Chaucer. Syn. -- Comfort; consolation; alleviation; relief. 1. 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. 2. To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief. Syn. -- To comfort; assuage; allay. See Comfort. To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak. Source: webster

11. To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak. Source: adambom

12. v:12/n:88 n. comfort in disappointment or misery Source: ecdict

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