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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences" [syn: condolence, commiseration]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1603 1. sympathy with another in sorrow 2. an expression of sympathy Synonyms: see pity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (often in pl.) an expression of sympathy (sent my condolences).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Condolence Con*do"lence, n. [Cf. F. condol['e]ance.] Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief. Their congratulations and their condolences. --Steele. A special mission of condolence. --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(condolences) 1. A message of condolence is a message in which you express your sympathy for someone because one of their friends or relatives has died recently. Neil sent him a letter of condolence. 2. When you offer or express your condolences to someone, you express your sympathy for them because one of their friends or relatives has died recently. He expressed his condolences to the families of the people who died in the incident. N-PLURAL

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Sympathy, expression of sympathy or common sorrow.

Moby Thesaurus

aid and comfort, assurance, benevolence, clemency, comfort, commiseration, compassion, consolation, easement, encouragement, favor, feeling, forbearance, forgiveness, grace, humanity, kindness, leniency, mercy, mitigation, pardon, pathos, pity, quarter, reassurance, relief, reprieve, ruth, self-pity, shred of comfort, solace, solacement, support, sympathy