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solace

UK/ˈsɒl.ɪs//ˈsɑ.lɪs/

solace noun: comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.

Noun

solace (countable and uncountable, plural solaces)

  1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
    • You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace.
  2. 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

solace (third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced)

  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.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

solace meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

solace in Hindi

consolation
सांत्वना sāntvanā
source of comfort
सांत्वना sāntvanā

solace in Urdu

to solace
آرام دینا ārām denā

solace in Bengali

সান্ত্বনা, আরাম

solace in Malayalam

ആശ്വാസം നൽകുക, സാന്ത്വനം നൽകുക, വിനോദം നൽകുക
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solace in Kannada
ಸಮಾಧಾನ, ಸಾಂತ್ವನ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ, ದುಃಖೋಪಶಮನ
solace in Persian
تسلی tasalli, دلخوشی del-xoši

Examples of solace in a sentence

  • Witnessing the dusk gives a feeling of solace.
  • If you choose a life of awe, you will surrender the solace of certitude.
  • I still went to those playlists for solace.

All 11 example sentences with solace

Synonyms of solace

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Forms of solace

Noun
pluralsolaces
Verb
third-person singular presentsolaces
present participlesolacing
past participlesolaced
pastsolaced

Origin of solace

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

Words formed from solace

Words that rhyme with solace

Questions about solace

What does solace mean?
Solace means comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
What is solace in Hindi?
Solace in Hindi is सांत्वना (sāntvanā). See Solace meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is solace?
Solace can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce solace?
Solace is pronounced /ˈsɒl.ɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of solace?
The plural of solace is solaces.

Words near solace in the dictionary

  1. sola scriptura
  2. sola topee
  3. sola topees
  4. sola topi
  5. solabegron
  6. solace
  7. solaced
  8. solaceful
  9. solacement
  10. solacements
  11. solacer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: solace (page history and authors); آرام دینا (Urdu) (page history and authors); solace (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solace (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); solace (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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