Tuesday word: Solace

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Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024

Solace (noun, verb)
sol·ace [sol-is]

noun Also called sol·ace·ment.
1. comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
2. something that gives comfort, consolation, or relief: The minister's visit was the dying man's only solace.

verb (used with object)
3. to comfort, console, or cheer (a person, oneself, the heart, etc.).
4. to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.).

OTHER WORDS FROM SOLACE
sol·ac·er, noun
un·sol·aced, adjective
un·sol·ac·ing, adjective

WORDS RELATED TO SOLACE
condolence, consolation, pity, alleviation, assuagement, relief, allay, alleviate, cheer, comfort, console, mitigate, soften, soothe, upraise, buck up, condole with

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ORIGIN: First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English solas, from Old French, from Latin solacium, equivalent to sol(ari) “to comfort” + -ac- adjective suffix + -ium -ium

HOW TO USE SOLACE IN A SENTENCE
And there is definitely something to finding solace in food, familiarity, and memory.
EVERYONE AT THIS DINNER PARTY HAS LOST SOMEONE | SAMANTHA LEVINE | JANUARY 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST

That had to give them an enormous reservoir of moral strength and solace.
HITLER’S HAIL MARY | JAMES A. WARREN | DECEMBER 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

It is no small solace, no doubt, that Bloomberg has made both Winkler and Doctoroff millionaires several times over.
INSIDE BLOOMBERG NEWS’ SHOCK SHAKE-UP | LLOYD GROVE | DECEMBER 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Highway safety flares provided light as the clans joined by loss sought solace in prayer and song.
THE CLEVELAND COPS WHO FIRED 137 SHOTS AND CRIED VICTIM | MICHAEL DALY | DECEMBER 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

The CDC, Fort Benning, and the solace of the prison all fail to give him the comfort of the past.
THE WALKING DEAD’S LUKE SKYWALKER: RICK GRIMES IS THE PERFECT MODERN-DAY MYTHICAL HERO | REGINA LIZIK | OCTOBER 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST