After the death of her son, Val found solace in the church.solacesol‧ace /ˈsɒlɪs $ ˈsɑː-/ noun formal 
After the death of her son, Val found solace in the church.2be a solace to somebody to bring a feeling of comfort and calmness to someone, when they are sad or disappointed: Mary was a great solace to me after Arthur died.—solace verb [transitive] literary
WORD ORIGINsolace
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French solas, from Latin solatio, from solari ‘to comfort’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- At the end of this day, what he wanted more than anything else was the solace of her letters.
- Desire finds its satisfaction outside of marriage, and the solace of belief breaks up against the pain of experience.
- His skull was filled with agony; but he lurched towards her, his tortured brain seeking her unwilling body's solace.
- I can not describe the solace it gave me.
- Like others beset by misfortune, polio patients found solace in comparing themselves to others.
- Such solace can be drawn from little things like that breeze-song.
- There was a plug-in kettle, an electric ring for cooking on, and a Gideon's bible, for solace.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY After the death of her son, Val found solace in the church.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He eventually found solace in religion.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
1[uncountable] a feeling of emotional comfort at a time of great sadness or disappointmentseek/find solace in something After the death of her son, Val found solace in the church. He eventually found solace in religion.· Clearly she had found solace in its silence and calm, silvery light.· Like others beset by misfortune, polio patients found solace in comparing themselves to others.· The individualist can find no solace in reflecting upon any contribution which will survive him.· After the two Penns parted company, the son found solace in a happy marriage to GuliGulielma Maria Springett.· Aunt Alicia found solace in the little Sara, as bubbly and zestful as her nephew had been.· Shut out in all the top races, Democrats were left to find solace anyplace they could.· Monarchists could find some solace in the fact that the participants were not exactly representative.· Marian found no solace in her marriage.
· He went off bewildered and hurt and she knew it was quite likely he would seek solace elsewhere.· She was an intelligent girl who was seeking some solace in her hard situation.· The anxious and the worried may seek solace outside the surgery.· She was devastated by the breakup of her marriage and had no interest in seeking the solace of a new relationship.· We tend to draw together to seek mutual solace for our disease.· George took to the hills and went to seek solace with his younger brother.
· Yet perhaps Thomas Hopkins and his wife took some solace in so commemorating the death of their eldest son.· But Eddie, being Eddie, takes little solace in this.· For some reason, Sylvie took solace in him.
After the death of her son, Val found solace in the church.2be a solace to somebody to bring a feeling of comfort and calmness to someone, when they are sad or disappointed: Mary was a great solace to me after Arthur died.—solace verb [transitive] literary