solace
comfort or consolation in a time of distress
Word origin: From Latin solari, to console.
Solace in a sentence
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She found solace in music after the loss.
In the months after the loss, she found her only solace in the routine of long solitary walks.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “solace” well
Solace is comfort or consolation given in a time of grief or distress. It functions as both noun and verb, as in to solace the bereaved.
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