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commiseration

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com·mis·er·a·tion  (k-mz-rshn)
n.
The feeling or expression of pity or sorrow. See Synonyms at pity.
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Noun1.commiserationcommiseration - a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
pity, pathos, ruth
fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
2.commiserationcommiseration - an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences"
condolence
acknowledgement, acknowledgment - a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"
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And when I again heard such howling, then did it excite my commiseration once more.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
She was moved by a kind of commiseration for Madame Ratignolle,--a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region of blind contentment, in which no moment of anguish ever visited her soul, in which she would never have the taste of life's delirium.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
Willoughby, he, whom only half an hour ago she had abhorred as the most worthless of men, Willoughby, in spite of all his faults, excited a degree of commiseration for the sufferings produced by them, which made her think of him as now separated for ever from her family, with a tenderness, a regret, rather in proportion, as she soon acknowledged within herself--to his wishes than to his merits.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
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