consolation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of consoling

   Offer your friends consolation in their times of need.

2. 2
   noun

   the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

   Second place was no consolation to the team after a hard fought match.

3. 3
   noun

   The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.

   Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſters handes, ordained for that purpoſe, [...]

4. 4
   noun

   The prize or benefit for the loser.

5. 5
   noun

   A consolation goal.

Etymology

From Old French consolacion (French consolatio), from Latin cōnsōlātiō, from the deponent verb cōnsōlor (“I console, encourage”) with the -tiō suffix, while cōnsōlor comprises the intensifying prefix con- with the deponent verb sōlor (“I comfort, console”). Equivalent to console + -ation. Doublet of consolatio.