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noun

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The correct spelling is solatium. A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm. For example: ""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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"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).

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
  2. 2.Intangible or emotional compensation.

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