Solace
Solace [ SOL-is ] | |
[ transitive verb ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. (tr.v.) to comfort someone or cheer someone up 2. (tr.v.) to allay or relieve someone of their misery or grief 3. (n.) comfort, alleviation or consolation 4. (n.) a source of alleviation, comfort or consolation | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
She solaced the grieving widow by offering words of comfort. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
But its buoyancy is a solace to Asian countries, several of which enjoy trade surpluses with China, and to the European Union, for which China is the fastest-growing market—albeit, as the Europeans like to point out when they complain about Chinese trade barriers, still no bigger than Switzerland. |
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