Comfort in distress (6)
I believe the answer is:
solace
'comfort in distress' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for solace that I've seen before include "Comport" , "Kind of comfort - a close thing" , "console" , "Comfort in misery" , "Comfort in time of disappointment or sorrow" .)