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solace

Pronunciation: /ˈsɒl.ɪs/

The English word “solace” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
  2. A source of comfort or consolation.

verb

  1. To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
  2. To allay or assuage.
  3. To take comfort; to be cheered.

Etymology

From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).

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