- a consoling or being consoled; comfort; solace
- a person or thing that consoles
Origin of consolation
Middle English consolacioun from Old French consolation from Classical Latin consolatio
noun
- When someone sends you flowers after a loss, this is an example of consolation.
- When you receive a prize to make you feel better even though you did not win, this is an example of a consolation.
The definition of consolation refers to comfort that is given to someone in a time of disappointment, or to the people or things that are providing that comfort.
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consolation
noun
- a. The act or an instance of consoling.b. The state of being consoled.
- One that consoles; a comfort: Your kindness was a consolation to me in my grief.
- Sports A second, smaller tournament or round of play for participants who have been eliminated before the final of a tournament, often to determine third and fourth place.
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Noun
(plural consolations)
Origin
From Old French consolacion (French consolation)
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Sentence Examples
- Here is a new philosophy of life, offering solid consolation amid the ruin of a world.
- In February 1839 he resigned, receiving consolation in the shape of a pension of 2000 a year.
- Yes, I pity him from my heart, and shall try to give him what consolation I can.
- "What can one say or think of as a consolation?" said Pierre.
- After the meeting at Ferentino, John went to France and England, finding little consolation; and thence he travelled to Compostella, where he married a new wife, Berengaria of Castile.
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