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solace
/ˈsɑ.lɪs/
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What does solace mean?
noun
- Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
- A source of comfort or consolation.
verb
- To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To allay or assuage.
- To take comfort; to be cheered.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɑ.lɪs/
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He answered, They are the King's, and are planted here for his own delight, and also for the solace of pilgrims.
God alone is eternal and incomprehensible, filling all things, the solace of the soul, and the true joy of the heart.
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What solace do they not bring to the bedside of the sick, what a light of bliss to the darkness of weary spirits?
And beyond that water dwell the men that be their paramours and their loves, where they go to solace them when they will.
Sick brethren were freely permitted to borrow books for their solace, but such books were returned to the library nightly, at lighting-up time.