comfort

/kŭm′fərt/

noun

1. A condition or feeling of pleasurable physical ease or relief from pain or stress.
   finally sat in comfort on the soft pillows.
2. A condition of well-being, contentment, and security.
   an income that allowed them to live in comfort.
3. Solace or consolation in time of sorrow or distress.
   soothing words of comfort.
4. Help; assistance.
   gave comfort to the enemy.
5. Something providing ease, convenience, or security.
   the comforts of modern living.
6. A person or thing that brings consolation or mental ease.
   a friend who was a comfort to me in my grief.
7. (Chiefly Southern & Lower Northern US) A quilted bedcover; a comforter.