a feeling of emotional comfort when you are sad or disappointed; a person or thing that makes you feel better or happier when you are sad or disappointed synonym comfort He sought solace in the whiskey bottle. She turned to Rob for solace. His grandchildren were a solace in his old age.
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verb solace somebody (literary) She smiled, as though solaced by the memory.See solace in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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