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Consolation   /kˌɑnsəlˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Consolation  n.  The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit. "Against such cruelties With inward consolations recompensed." "Are the consolations of God small with thee?"
Synonyms: Comfort; solace; allevation. See Comfort.






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"Consolation" Quotes from Famous Books



... completed his arrangements, he was afraid his penitent might slip from him in the crowd and be exposed to temptations that might discourage her; the cold blast of the world might shake to the ground the fabric he had commenced to build. He bent his venerable countenance to her ear, whispered a word of consolation, and bade her not leave till ...
— Alvira: the Heroine of Vesuvius • A. J. O'Reilly

... and Kavanagh wished he was not, for he did not want consolation, advice, or offer of help. He knew that he had to work out this business for himself, and the less said the better. Royce was not in now, that was one consolation. Kavanagh went up to his room, and began overhauling his clothes. He selected an old pair of corduroy trousers which he had ...
— For Fortune and Glory - A Story of the Soudan War • Lewis Hough

... instant death. But, with the coming of the morning, the wind shifted to the west and cleared the ice from the sea, and God sent to the mariners, so runs their chronicle, 'so pleasant a day as the like we had not of a long time before, as after punishment consolation.' ...
— Adventurers of the Far North - A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas • Stephen Leacock

... "There's consolation for you, sir," said Mr. Cathro, sarcastically, to his rival, who tried to take snuff in sheer bravado, but let it slip through his fingers, and after that, until the two hours were up, the talk was chiefly of how Tommy would get on at Aberdeen. But it was ...
— Sentimental Tommy - The Story of His Boyhood • J. M. Barrie

... spice-scented kitchen, to remark cheerily that "Lor bless his heart, what with all these telegrafts and things, time flew so fast nowadays that they'd be having him back again before they all knew where they were!" which had a certain spurious consolation about it, until one saw that, after all, it put the case entirely ...
— Vice Versa - or A Lesson to Fathers • F. Anstey


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