Consolation
[,kɒnsə'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [ˌkɑnsəˈleʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; 'his presence was a consolation to her'.
(noun.) the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; 'second place was no consolation to him'.
Inputed by Angela--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
Checker: Mattie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Solace, comfort, encouragement, alleviation of sorrow, relief from distress.
Editor: Pasquale
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.
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Examples
- My horse must be like the others, but I have at least the consolation of not knowing it to be so. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her resolution of refusal only grew more interesting by the addition of a scheme for his subsequent consolation and happiness. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She indeed requires consolation; she accused herself of having caused the death of my brother, and that made her very wretched. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- This consolation principally consists in their invention of the words: faculty and occult quality. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Ned was offended and turned to Sallie for consolation, saying to her rather pettishly, There isn't a bit of flirt in that girl, is there? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I fear, I know, that the couch needs spiritual as well as medical consolation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- How I used to pray to Heaven for consolation and support! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Just at the door he said to them a few brief but very earnest words of religious consolation and exhortation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- P'raps they're sent as a consolation, if we only know'd it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- To talk over the dreadful business with Fanny, talk and lament, was all Lady Bertram's consolation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She met Gerty's lamentable eyes, fixed on her in a despairing effort at consolation, and the look brought her to herself. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Is your loss such as leaves no opening for consolation? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Thank Goodness it will always be a consolation to me to know that I instantly went out in a pouring rain and bought the things. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But he had two consolations at the close of the performance. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Home, wife, children, domestic love, domestic consolations—what more can the heart of man desire? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Her heart was sore and angry, and she was capable only of angry consolations. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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