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condolence

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con·do·lence  (kn-dlns)
n.
1. Sympathy with a person who has experienced pain, grief, or misfortune: paid a visit of condolence to the grieving family. See Synonyms at pity.
2. An expression or declaration of such sympathy.

con·dolent adj.

condolence
Noun
sympathy expressed for someone in grief or pain [Latin com- together + dolere to grieve]
condole vb
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.condolencecondolence - an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences"
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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condolence
n condolence [kənˈdəuləns]
sympathy a letter of condolence. deelneming, betuiging van meegevoel, roubeklag تَعْزِيَه съчуствие kondolence, soustrast kondolence das Beileid συλληπητήρια condolencia kaastundeavaldus تسلیت؛ همدردی surunvalittelu condoléances תַּנחוּמִים शोक, सहानुभूति sućut részvétnyilvánítás duka cita tjáning samhryggðar condoglianze 悔やみ 애도 užuojauta līdzjūtība takziah deelneming kondolanse, deltakelse (i sorg) współczucie, wyrazy współczucia pesar condoleanţe соболезнование sústrasť sožalje saučešće beklagande, deltagande, kondoleans การแสดงความเสียใจต่อผู้อื่น baş sağlığı 吊唁 співчуття تعزیت lời chia buồn


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I have been to pay the parents a visit of condolence, and found them living in the direst poverty and disorder.
I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly.
Kutuzov was a traitor, and Prince Vasili during the visits of condolence paid to him on the occasion of his daughter's death said of Kutuzov, whom he had formerly praised (it was excusable for him in his grief to forget what he had said), that it was impossible to expect anything else from a blind and depraved old man.
 
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