Solace

n.	1.	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.
	2.	Rest; relaxation; ease. To make his steed some solace. - Chaucer.
v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Solaced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Solacing .]
	2.	To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
v. i.	1.	To take comfort; to be cheered.

Noun	1.	solace - the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him" Synonyms: consolation, solacement
	2.	solace - comfort in disappointment or misery Synonyms: solacement
	3.	solace - the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her" Synonyms: consolation, comfort
Verb	1.	solace - give moral or emotional strength to Synonyms: comfort, console, soothe

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