Consolation Definition

kŏnsə-lāshən
noun
A consoling or being consoled; comfort; solace.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of consoling.
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The state of being consoled.
American Heritage
A person or thing that consoles.
Webster's New World
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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Other Word Forms of Consolation

Noun

Singular:
consolation
Plural:
consolations

Origin of Consolation

  • From Old French consolacion (French consolation)

    From Wiktionary

Consolation Sentence Examples

  • Here is a new philosophy of life, offering solid consolation amid the ruin of a world.

  • Yes, I pity him from my heart, and shall try to give him what consolation I can.

  • In February 1839 he resigned, receiving consolation in the shape of a pension of 2000 a year.

  • It was pure consolation.

  • When he began to teach again he found consolation, and in gratitude he consecrated the new oratory they built for him by the name of the Paraclete.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

NONION

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consolation

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With N