solace
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- 8
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- 10
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Definition of solace
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
“You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
“You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.”
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(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.”
verb
- (transitive)To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
- (transitive)To allay or assuage.
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(intransitive)To take comfort; to be cheered.
“But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in, And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”).
Words you can make from solace
75 playable · top: ALECS (7 pts)
Best play alecs 7 points5-letter words
9 words4-letter words
30 words- ACES 6 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- CALO 6 pts
- CALS 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
- CELS 6 pts
- COAL 6 pts
- COLA 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- COLS 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LACS 6 pts
- LOCA 6 pts
- LOCS 6 pts
- OCAS 6 pts
- SOCA 6 pts
- ALES 4 pts
- ALOE 4 pts
- ALSO 4 pts
- LASE 4 pts
- LEAS 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- OLEA 4 pts
- OLES 4 pts
- SALE 4 pts
- SEAL 4 pts
- SLOE 4 pts
- SOLA 4 pts
- SOLE 4 pts
3-letter words
25 words2-letter words
10 wordsHooks
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