Definition of "solace"

solace

/ˈsɒl.ɪs/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural solaces
1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress.
2. A source of comfort or consolation.
  Quotations
  The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
  September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler
verb
third-person singular simple present solaces, present participle solacing, simple past and past participle solaced
1. (transitive) To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console.
2. (transitive) To allay or assuage.
3. (intransitive) To take comfort; to be cheered.
  Quotations
  But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in,And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.
  c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene v]