Consolation Meaning
/ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.
nounThe prize or benefit for the loser.
Sentence Examples
She turned to her writing of poetry, as a kind of consolation.
It is a consolation that no one was killed.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Losing the match was hard, but her kind words were a great ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team lost the main championship, but winning the smaller regional trophy was a nice ____.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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, [...]"
— 1543 June 7, Henry VIII of England, “The Nynthe Article. The Holy Catholike Churche.”, in A Necessary Doctrine and Erudicion for Any Chrysten Man, Set furth by the Kynges Maiestye of Englande, &c., imprinted at London: […] by Thomas Berthelet, […], →OCLC:
"[I]f Charles is undone, He'll find half his Acquaintance ruin'd too, and that, you know, is a consolation—"
— 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, I.i:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Losing the match was hard, but her kind words were a great ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team lost the main championship, but winning the smaller regional trophy was a nice ____.