Meanings
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noun
an expression of sympathy with another's grief
They sent their condolences.
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noun
· an expression of sympathy...
commiseration
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Forms
condolences
Related forms
condole
Etymology
From condole + -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin condoleō (“to sympathize”), from con- (“together, with”) and doleō (“to hurt, suffer, have pain”).
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