1. Soulagement donné ŕ l'affliction, ŕ la douleur, au déplaisir de quelqu'un.
2. Chose que l'on offre pour dédommager qqn de sa peine.
ETYM Latin consolatio: cf. French consolation.
1. The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; SYN. comfort, solace.
2. The comfort one feels when consoled in times of disappointment; SYN. solace, solacement.
ETYM Old Fren. solas, ssoulaz, Latin solacium, solatium, from solari to comfort, console. Related to Console.
(Homonym: solace).
Comfort in disappointment or misery; SYN. solacement.