condolence

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kənˈdoʊləns/ (US)
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/kənˈdoʊləns/ (US) · /ˈkɒndələns/

Definition of condolence

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Comfort, support or sympathy.
    “There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)Comfort, support or sympathy.
    “There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could.”
  2. (countable, plural-normally)An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.
    “I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.”

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Etymology

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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