consoling
consoling
nounDefinition of CONSOLING
the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering <the responsibility for the consoling of the families of the firefighters fell to the mayor>
Related Words commiseration, compassion, condolence, feeling, sympathy; counseling (or counselling); humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, pity
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