condolences

con-do-lenc-es · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Expressions of sympathy and sorrow offered to someone who has experienced loss or grief.

  2. 2.

    Formal messages of sympathy.

Phrases & expressions

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    offer condolences — to express sympathy
  • •
    accept condolences — to receive expressions of sympathy
  • •
    send condolences — to convey sympathy from a distance
  • •
    heartfelt condolences — sincere expressions of sympathy
  • •
    my condolences — a standard phrase expressing sympathy

Related words

See also: grief, sorry, sympathy
Synonyms: commiseration, compassion, sympathy

Etymology

From Latin "condolere" meaning to suffer with, from "con-" (with) and "dolere" (to grieve, feel pain).