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SOLACEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does solacement mean?
• SOLACEMENT (noun)
The noun SOLACEMENT has 2 senses:
1. comfort in disappointment or misery
2. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
Familiarity information: SOLACEMENT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comfort in disappointment or misery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
solace; solacement
Hypernyms ("solacement" is a kind of...):
comfort; comfortableness (a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain)
Derivation:
solace (give moral or emotional strength to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
consolation; solace; solacement
Context example:
second place was no consolation to him
Hypernyms ("solacement" is a kind of...):
comfort (a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solacement"):
cold comfort (very limited consolation or empathy)
bright side; silver lining (a consoling aspect of a difficult situation)
Derivation:
solace (give moral or emotional strength to)
Context examples
She had a little chapel, and in it found solacement for much trouble.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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