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Consolable

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con·sole 1  (kn-sl)
tr.v. con·soled, con·sol·ing, con·soles
To allay the sorrow or grief of. See Synonyms at comfort.

[French consoler, from Old French, from Latin cnslr : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + slr, to comfort.]

con·sola·ble adj.
con·sola·tory (-sl-tôr, -tr, -sl-) adj.
con·soler n.
con·soling·ly adv.
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Adj.1.consolable - able to be consoled
disconsolate, inconsolable, unconsolable - sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died"

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The added benefit to this was that Marie was easily consolable.
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