The act of comforting or consoling someone; the process of providing relief from pain, sorrow, or distress.
From 'comfort' (Latin 'confortare': strengthen) + '-ation' suffix (from Latin '-atio'). An archaic or rare noun meaning the action or process of comforting.
Words ending in '-ation' sound formal and Latin-derived, yet we've mostly replaced 'comfortation' with the simple verb 'comforting'—showing how English prefers short, Germanic-rooted words over long, Latin-rooted ones.
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