Solatium
[sə-LAY-shee-əm]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Latin, early 19th century
1.
(Formal) A thing given to someone as a compensation or consolation.
Examples of Solatium in a sentence
"Management gave the customers who had been overcharged a free item as a solatium."
"Even though his dog came home on her own, Jacob still offered a solatium to everyone who had helped him search."
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