Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or an instance of consoling.
- n. The state of being consoled.
- n. One that consoles; a comfort: Your kindness was a consolation to me in my grief.
- n. Sports A second, smaller tournament or round of play for participants who have been eliminated before the final of a tournament, often to determine third and fourth place.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Alleviation of misery or distress of mind; mitigation of grief or anxiety; an imparting or receiving of mental relief or comfort; solace: as, to administer consolation to the afflicted; to find consolation in religion or philosophy, or in selfish indulgence.
- n. That which consoles, comforts, or cheers the mind; the cause of being consoled.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of consoling.
- n. The prize or benefit for the loser.
- n. sports A consolation goal
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
- n. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
Examples
“Their main consolation is that they expect injured stars Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler to return before the postseason.”
“The main consolation is that no one at the wedding is even going to look atg me, so there is no point even caring.”
“What kind of consolation is that for the 50 million Americans who have lost their homes or are struggling to pay off mortgages that are "underwater"?”
“That is just it," returned du Portail; "the poor wretch was in love with that casket; so that when, shortly after, I entered his room and told him I knew all, he proposed to me to leave him the life use of what he called the consolation of his old age, pledging himself to make Mademoiselle de la Peyrade his sole heir, revealing to me at the same time the existence of a hoard of gold (to which he was adding every day), and also the possession of a house and an investment in the Funds.”
“That may sound like thin consolation for a party whose recent trend line looks a lot like the Dow: Not quite as reviled as we were in the aftermath of Watergate?”
“The consolation is that it finally gives her the attention she has been craving and feels she deserves.”
“The consolation is that Blair was tormented by the encounters.”
“And the factions drew consolation from the fact that if one man did not profit by him, neither should the other.”
“My consolation is that these writings will survive down to a future age where the standards of rhetoric favor old Buddy a bit more and I (or perhaps the computer that has my DNA and memories encoded into it) will be vindicated.”
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consolation
“What kind of consolation is that for the 50 million Americans who have lost their homes or are struggling to pay off mortgages that are "underwater"?”
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jitney
In specific trades, such as jitney services, government officials have created relatively pragmatic licensing requirements that help to foster growth and opportunity.
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pragmatic
“Russian envoy Grigory Berdennikov said world powers expect Iran to show what he called a "pragmatic attitude" and respond positively.”
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