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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMISERATION, n. Pity; compassion; a sympathetic suffering of pain or sorrow for the wants, afflictions or distresses of another.
I cannot think of these poor deluded creatures, but with commiseration.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn: commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos]
2: an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences" [syn: condolence, commiseration]

Merriam Webster's

noun see commiserate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Commiseration Com*mis`er*a"tion, n. [F. commis['e]ration, fr. L. commiseratio a part of an oration intended to excite compassion.] The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. --Shak. Syn: See Sympathy.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Pitying, compassionating, etc. 2. Compassion, sympathy, pity, condolence, fellow-feeling.