solatium
noun
- 1
A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
- 2
Intangible or emotional compensation.
“"But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160).”
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