Definition of: solace

(sol′is) v.t. ·aced, ·ac·ing
1. To comfort or cheer in trouble, grief, or calamity; console.
2. To alleviate, as grief; soothe; assuage; mitigate.
—noun Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity; also, that which supplies such comfort or alleviation: also sol′ace·ment. [<OF solacier, solasier <solas comfort <L solacium]
—sol′ac·er noun