Solace
Solace , noun
[Old French solas, ssoulaz, Latin solacium, solatium, from solari to comfort, console. Compare Console, transitive verb]
1.
Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
In business of mirth and of solace.
The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
2.
Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obsolete]
To make his steed some solace.
Solace , transitive verb
[Old French solacier, soulacier, French solacier, Late Latin solatiare. See Solace, n.]
1.
To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.
2.
To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
Solace , intransitive verb
To take comfort; to be cheered. — Shakespeare