Solace

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt Rest; relaxation; ease.

II. Solace ·vi To take comfort; to be cheered.

III. Solace ·noun To Allay; to Assuage; to Soothe; as, to solace grief.

IV. Solace ·vt Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

V. Solace ·noun To cheer in grief or under calamity; to Comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to Console;

— applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.