What does "solace" mean?

Solace: Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obs.] To make his steed some solace. Chaucer.

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief. See Comfort.
  3. 4.To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak.

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