SOLACEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solacement mean? 

• SOLACEMENT (noun)
  The noun SOLACEMENT has 2 senses:

1. comfort in disappointment or misery

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

  Familiarity information: SOLACEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLACEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comfort in disappointment or misery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

solace; solacement

Hypernyms ("solacement" is a kind of...):

comfort; comfortableness (a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain)

Derivation:

solace (give moral or emotional strength to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

consolation; solace; solacement

Context example:

second place was no consolation to him

Hypernyms ("solacement" is a kind of...):

comfort (a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solacement"):

cold comfort (very limited consolation or empathy)

bright side; silver lining (a consoling aspect of a difficult situation)

Derivation:

solace (give moral or emotional strength to)

 Context examples 

She had a little chapel, and in it found solacement for much trouble.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)