Definition of Consolation

Conservative

CONSOLATION noun

	The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Consul

Regular definition:

CONSOLATION:
?k?ns??le???n n. 1 the act or an instance of consoling; the state of being consoled. 2 a consoling thing, person, or circumstance. øconsolation prize a prize given to a competitor who just fails to win a main prize. øøconsolatory adj. [ME f. OF, f. L consolatio -onis (as console(1))]

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