Antonym: agony, distress, pain, trouble. Similar words: isolation, desolation, congratulations, violation, immolation, relationship, console, conservation. Meaning: [‚kɒnsə'leɪʃn] 
n. 1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment 2. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction.
n. 1. the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment 2. the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction. 
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91 Aha, he thought, hoping to find some consolation in this.
92 The only consolation I have is that he did not make me pregnant.
93 They had to settle for three consolation points, leaving them second three points below Gresford.
94 The only minor consolation was that prices had fallen just after the war, though that situation was not to last long.
95 I argued, I fought, but he wanted to believe that happiness was impossible; it gave him some strange consolation.
96 The consolation Stableford event pits fathers against their offspring and who can blame the organisers for combining the Sparrows and the Larks.
97 And, above all, provide plenty of cuddles, consolation, and enthusiastic, encouragement for every achievement!
98 They may seek consolation in alcohol or in black coffee and cigarettes.
99 The only consolation was that a series of valuable recces had been carried out in an area they had not previously visited.
100 Darren Black's goal four minutes into time was scant consolation for the east Belfast side.
101 This proved some consolation for the ever-present insecurity Jean-Claude's secret life imposed on me.
102 Meantime it gives us great consolation to know that you and our dear children are well.
103 The one real consolation that could be salvaged from the whole sorry affair was that the system had worked in the end.
104 The only slight consolation is the plan to develop the site once the works are completed.
105 The only consolation was a crowd at the Harvey Hadden Stadium of 2,581,(http://sentencedict.com/consolation.html) boosted by visiting fans.
106 They offer hope rather than salvation, consolation rather than cure, reform rather than revolution.
107 Perhaps if I tried to offer him physical consolation for his imminent loss of Carlo?
108 If that is true, those figures bring little consolation to the national health service as a whole.
109 The religious life was well known for providing consolation for the lovelorn.
110 But that's little consolation for staff at Tewkesbury, or the town's economy.
111 The consolation, as Trondur pointed out, was that the process was still very gradual.
112 That they are an essential part of any system of parliamentary democracy will be of limited consolation to them.
113 Still, all those years together are probably small consolation, if any, to him right now.
114 In the final minute Gala prop Timmy Walker scored a consolation try which Maitland converted.
115 Craighton added a fifth for Chatteris and Dave Lee netted a consolation goal for the Shrimpers four minutes from time.
116 Love is the best antidote to misery and pain, it offers consolation and hopes in bad times. Dr T.P.Chia 
117 If strong women characters do appear in Hollywood film, this is no consolation for feminists.
118 There was consolation for a treeless landscape in the ever-changing pattern of colour and cloud in the island skies.
119 In evolutionary terms, it is no consolation to the dead butterflies that some others are benefiting from their death.
120 Green scored from a penalty stroke and a fine open-play goal before Yvonne Ayshford got Midlands' consolation goal almost on time.
More similar words: isolation, desolation, congratulations, violation, immolation, relationship, console, conservation, consultation, constitutional convention, foreign relations, consideration, consternation, polarization, relation, ablation, conditions, inflation, deflation, collation, consumption, regulation, population, exhalation, revelation, constitution, construction, nation-state, legislation, calculation.