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consolatory
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective consolatory has 1 sense
- consolatory(s = adj.all) comforting, consoling - affording comfort or solace; Array Derived form verb console1
CIDE DICTIONARY
consolatory, a. [L. consolatorius.].
Of a consoling or comforting nature. [1913 Webster]
"The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and it has with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind."
[1913 Webster]
consolatory, n.
That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. Milton. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
consolatory
Relief
N relief, deliverance, refreshment, easement, softening, alleviation, mitigation, palliation, soothing, lullaby, solace, consolation, comfort, encouragement, lenitive, restorative, cushion, crumb of comfort, balm in Gilead, relieving, consolatory, soothing, assuaging, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, lenitive, palliative, anodyne, curative, here comes a man of comfort.
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