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1. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
   "second place was no consolation to him"
   - solace, solacement
    
2. The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
   "his presence was a consolation to her"
   - comfort, solace

Derived forms: consolations

See also: console

Type of: comfort, ministration, relief, succor [US], succour [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Consolation