consolation

The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.

Noun

  1. The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.
    • Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great...
    • [I]f Charles is undone, He'll find half his Acquaintance ruin'd too, and that, you know, is a consolation— - 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, I.i:

    Synonyms: relief solace

  2. The prize or benefit for the loser.
  3. A consolation goal.

Origin

From Old French consolacion (French consolatio), from Latin cōnsōlātiō, from the deponent verb cōnsōlor (“I console, encourage”) with the -tiō suffix, while cōnsōlor comprises the intensifying prefix con- with the deponent verb sōlor (“I comfort, console”). Equivalent to console + -ation. Doublet of consolatio.

Forms

consolations

Synonyms

alleviation comfort consolation ease liss release relief respite solace

Antonyms

distress vexation

Hypernyms

cessation easement easing mitigation support compassion

Related

solace

Derived

consolational consolation final consolation goal consolation prize Dutch consolation self-consolation