solace
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sol·ace
(sŏl'ĭs) 
n.
n.
- Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation.
- A source of comfort or consolation.
- To comfort, cheer, or console, as in trouble or sorrow. See synonyms at comfort.
- To allay or assuage: "They solaced their wretchedness, however, by duets after supper" (Jane Austen).
[Middle English solas, from Old French, from Latin sōlācium, from sōlārī, to console.]
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solace
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solace
noun
- A consoling in time of grief or pain: comfort, consolation. See help/harm/harmless.
verb
- To give hope to in time of grief or pain: comfort, console, soothe. See help/harm/harmless.
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solace
n
Definition: comfort, peace
Antonyms: discord, disharmony
v
Definition: give comfort, peace
Antonyms: trouble, upset, worry
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Solace, from Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium "consolation", meaning comfort or consolation in a time of distress.
Solace may refer to:
- Solace (Sarah McLachlan album), a 1991 music album by Sarah McLachlan
- Solace (band), a heavy metal band from New Jersey, USA
- Solace (film), a 2006 South Korean film
- The USS Solace (AH-2), (AH-5) was the name of two United States Navy hospital ships.
- Solace (Lengsel album), a 2000 music album by the Norwegian metal band Lengsel
- Solace (Xavier Rudd album), a 2004 music album by Xavier Rudd
- Solace (Ion Dissonance album), a 2005 music album by Canadian metal band Ion Dissonance
- Solace (Jakob album), a 2006 music album by Jakob
- Solace, a fictional town in the Dragonlance novels
- "Quantum of Solace", a James Bond short story by Ian Fleming. Part of the For Your Eyes Only collection
- Quantum of Solace, a James Bond film named after the Ian Fleming short story, released in October 2008
- Solace systems, a content networking company based in Kanata, Ontario, Canada that manufactures and sells content routers.
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Solace
Dansk (Danish)
n. - trøst, lindring, bod, bøde
v. tr. - trøste, lindre
idioms:
- solace oneself with trøste sig med
Nederlands (Dutch)
troost, soelaas, troosten
Français (French)
n. - consolation, réconfort
v. tr. - consoler
idioms:
- solace oneself with se consoler avec
Deutsch (German)
n. - Trost
v. - trösten
idioms:
- solace oneself with sich trösten mit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παρηγοριά, παραμυθία
v. - παρηγορώ
idioms:
- solace oneself with παρηγορούμαι με
Italiano (Italian)
confortare, conforto
idioms:
- solace oneself with consolarsi con
Português (Portuguese)
n. - alívio (m), conforto (m)
v. - confortar, aliviar, consolar
idioms:
- solace oneself with confortar-se com...
Русский (Russian)
утешение, успокоение, утешать, успокаивать, скрашивать
idioms:
- solace oneself with утешаться (чем-л.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - consuelo, alivio
v. tr. - consolar, reconfortar
idioms:
- solace oneself with encontrar consuelo o alivio en
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tröst, vederkvickelse, lindring
v. - lindra, vara till tröst
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
安慰, 安慰之物, 给与安慰, 抚慰
idioms:
- solace oneself with 与...安慰自己
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 安慰, 安慰之物
v. tr. - 安慰, 給與安慰, 撫慰
idioms:
- solace oneself with 與...安慰自己
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 위안, 즐거움, 위안이 되는 것
v. tr. - 위로하다, 편안하게 하다, (슬픔 따위를) 덜어 주다
idioms:
- solace oneself with ~으로 자위하다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 慰め, 慰安, 慰めとなるもの
v. - 慰藉する, 元気づける
idioms:
- solace oneself with 慰める
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عزاءأو سلوان (فعل) يعزي أو يسلي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נחמה, מקור-נחמה, עידוד, הקלת סבל
v. tr. - ניחם, מצא נחמה
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