US /kənˈdoʊləns/
noun Freq #32106

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    an expression of sympathy with another's grief

    They sent their condolences.

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Synonyms
1 noun · an expression of sympathy... commiseration
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Word family
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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