Hypertext Webster Gateway: "condolence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
condolence
n : an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent
their condolences" [syn: {commiseration}]
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