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.