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‖ soulagement|sulaʒmɑ̃|
[Fr. Cf. solace n.1 and solagement.]
Solace, relief.
1777Earl of Carlisle Let. 18 Feb. in J. H. Jesse Geo. Selwyn & Contemporaries (1844) III. 171, I know our house might be a soulagement to you. 1949H. Nicolson Diary 17 Apr. (1968) 169 All this calm reflects my deep soulagement at Vita's improvement in health. 1968A. Coates Myself Mandarin xvii. 245 One of my Secretariat colleagues telephoned me..to remind me..to return my instrument... With a certain soulagement I learned that he was referring merely to a piece of paper—the frightening document on the basis of which it all began. |