réconfort

Definitions of réconfort
  1. noun
    a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment
    synonyms: consolation
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    types:
    consolation, soulagement
    the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment
    adoucissement, allègement
    the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
    type of:
    joie, plaisir
    a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
  2. noun
    the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction
    synonyms: consolation
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    type of:
    aide, secours
    assistance in time of difficulty
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