consolation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.

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   Sinonimi

   reliefsolace

   Esempi

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   Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſters handes, ordained for that purpoſe, [...]

   [I]f Charles is undone, He'll find half his Acquaintance ruin'd too, and that, you know, is a consolation—

2. The prize or benefit for the loser.

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3. A consolation goal.

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Sostantivo

1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

   Sinonimi

   solacesolacement

   Termini più generali

   comfort

   Esempi

   second place was no consolation to him

2. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction

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   comfortsolace

   Termini più generali

   reliefsuccorsuccourministration

   Esempi

   his presence was a consolation to her