condolence

con·do·lence (k

n-d

ns)

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 [kənˈdəʊləns], condolement

(often plural) an expression of sympathy with someone in grief, etc.

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Noun

condolence - an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences"

commiseration

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"

condolence

noun sympathy, pity, compassion, consolation, commiseration, fellow feeling She sent him a letter of condolence.

Translations

condolence [kənˈdəʊləns] N (usu pl) → pésame m
to send one's condolences → dar el pésame
please accept my condolences → le acompaño en el sentimiento

condolence [kənˈdəʊləns]

n
a message of condolence → un message de condoléances
a letter of condolence → une lettre de condoléances

condolences npl → condoléances fpl
to send one's condolences → envoyer ses condoléances
to offer one's condolences → présenter ses condoléances
to express one's condolences → exprimer ses condoléances, faire ses condoléances

condolence

n → Beileid nt no pl, → Anteilnahme f, → Kondolenz f no pl (pej); message/letter of condolence → Kondolenzbotschaft f → /-brief m; book of condolence(s) → Kondolenzbuch nt; please accept my condolences on the death of your mother → (meine) aufrichtige Anteilnahme zum Tode Ihrer Mutter

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 조위 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 吊唁

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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.

Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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