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condolence.

Comfort, support or sympathy.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kənˈdoʊləns/US/ˈkɒndələns/Philippines
  1. Comfort, support or sympathy.

    uncountable
    There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could.
  2. An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

    countable · plural-normally
    I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.
Where this word comes from

From condole + -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin condoleō (“to sympathize”), from con- (“together, with”) and doleō (“to hurt, suffer, have pain”).

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