Things, people, or actions that bring comfort or ease the pain of someone who is sad or disappointed.
Plural of 'consolation,' from Latin 'consolatio' (the act of comforting), derived from 'consolari' (to comfort).
Boethius's masterpiece 'The Consolation of Philosophy' used the plural 'consolations' to describe all the ways wisdom and reason could help someone endure unbearable suffering—and people still read it 1,500 years later.
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