Decrease and Solace

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
  • usage: "second place was no consolation to him"
  • synonyms: consolation, solacement
• Comfort in disappointment or misery.
  • synonyms: solacement
• The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction.
  • usage: "his presence was a consolation to her"
  • synonyms: consolation, comfort

verb

• Give moral or emotional strength to.
  • synonyms: comfort, soothe, console

• (v.i.) To take comfort; to be cheered.
• (v.t.) Rest; relaxation; ease.
• (v.t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.
• (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
• (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.

• Name Meaning: Comfort
• Name Origin: ,