solace
noun
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
solaces
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pluralof solace.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof solace (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
solacenouncomfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
Example Sentences
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But these small solaces, this idea of a table carefully tended, of a little beauty or attention to hearth and home, take on more power in these uncertain times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
His only solaces are the U2 album Rattle and Hum and poetry.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2020
A singer who solaces souls with her soaring soprano, she is just as revelatory as a dramatic actress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
Only her young son solaces her, and she counsels him that the race of life is not to the swift and the strong but to the survivor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Have not all men a consciousness of the same equal interest in the achievements of invention, in the instructions of philosophy, and in the solaces of music and the arts?
From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Julia Griffiths
