- or really, what i want to know is whether this is correct or not:
Taking initiative to turn the sympathy, support, and respect into consolance [or consolment or consolenity...] is ... blah blah blah long essay sentence..
so... anyone know?
Answers: consolation
From http://dict.die.net/consolation/:
consolation
n 1: the comfort you discern when consoled in times of
disappointment; "second place be no consolation to him"
[syn: solace, solacement]
2: the act of consoling; giving nouns in affliction; "his
presence be a consolation to her" [syn: comfort, solace]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Consolation
The act of consoling; the state of individual consoled; allevation
of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit;
comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
Syn: Comfort; solace; allevation. See Comfort.
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