Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief. In business of mirth and of solace. Chaucer. The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion. Rambler.
Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obs.] To make his steed some solace. Chaucer.
To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak.
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