solatium
noun/səˈleɪʃi.əm/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin solatium.
1
Law A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
2
Figuratively 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).