Solace
['sɒlɪs]
Definition
(v. t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
(v. t.) Rest; relaxation; ease.
(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.
(n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
(v. i.) To take comfort; to be cheered.
Inputed by Bruno
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Cheer, comfort, soothe, console.[2]. Allay, assuage, soften, mitigate, relieve.
Typist: Psyche
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Consolation, comfort, alleviation, relief, sympathy
ANT:Affliction, war, bitterment,
Typist: Sean
Definition
n. consolation comfort in distress: relief: (obs.) pleasure amusement.—v.t. to comfort in distress: to console: to allay.—n. Sol′acement the act of solacing: the state of being solaced.—adj. Solā′cious (obs.) affording pleasure.
Typist: Mabel
Examples
- It has been an escape from the former, and a solace for the necessity of the latter. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I had no solace from self-approbation: none even from self-respect. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Clara, our lovely gentle Clara, was our stay, our solace, our delight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Will I not guard, and cherish, and solace her? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Such is the sole conjugal embrace I am ever to know--such are the endearments which are to solace my leisure hours! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He had always made her feel that she was worthy of better things, and she had never been in greater need of such solace. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- For many years his was the only kindness she ever knew; the only friendship that solaced in any way that feeble, lonely soul. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In her absence Miss Crawley solaced herself with the most sentimental of the novels in her library. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- St. Clare was stretched on a bamboo lounge in the verandah, solacing himself with a cigar. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He smiled as he told me to wipe my eyes; he waited quietly till I was calm, dropping from time to time a stilling, solacing word. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checker: Wayne