SOLATIUM

Noun

solatium (countable and uncountable, plural solatia)

(legal) A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.

(figurative) Intangible or emotional compensation.

• "But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160).

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So*la"ti*um, n. Etym: [L. See Solace, n.]

Definition: Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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