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condolence

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Sympathy with a person who has experienced pain, grief, or misfortune: synonym: pity.
  • noun An expression or declaration of such sympathy.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An expression of sympathy addressed to a person in distress, misfortune, or bereavement.
  • noun Synonyms Sympathy, Commiseration, etc. See pity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable comfort, support or sympathy
  • noun countable, usually plural An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an expression of sympathy with another's grief

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Latin condoleo ("to sympathize"), from Latin con- ("together, with") + doleo ("hurt, suffer, have pain").

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Examples

  • My greatest condolence is that at least their terms are limited.

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  • The letter of condolence is for the family memebr not the deseaced.

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  • He was survived by his niece Myrsene and his older brother Evangelos, who was bestowed the writ of condolence from the mayor of Athens on behalf of the nation at the funeral.

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  • My faithful maid sent over to Allen's for Olga, who came bearing messages of condolence from the girls, and flowers and offers of financial assistance if it should be needed.

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  • The Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that it had received a message of condolence from the Thai government, which promised it was doing its best to bring the turmoil under control and ensure the safety of Japanese in Thailand.

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  • The Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that it had received a message of condolence from the Thai government, which promised it was doing its best to bring the turmoil under control and ensure the safety of Japanese in Thailand.

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  • The Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that it had received a message of condolence from the Thai government, which promised it was doing its best to bring the turmoil under control and ensure the safety of Japanese in Thailand.

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  • The Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that it had received a message of condolence from the Thai government, which promised it was doing its best to bring the turmoil under control and ensure the safety of Japanese in Thailand.

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  • The Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that it had received a message of condolence from the Thai government, which promised it was doing its best to bring the turmoil under control and ensure the safety of Japanese in Thailand.

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  • The Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that it had received a message of condolence from the Thai government, which promised it was doing its best to bring the turmoil under control and ensure the safety of Japanese in Thailand.

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