solace

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsɒl.ɪs/
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/ˈsɒl.ɪs/ · /ˈsɑ.lɪs/ · /ˈsɔl.ɪs/

Definition of solace

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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

  1. (countable, uncountable)Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
    “You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.”
  2. (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

  1. (transitive)To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
  2. (transitive)To allay or assuage.
  3. (intransitive)To take comfort; to be cheered.
    “But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in, And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.”

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Etymology

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

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