condolence
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- 20
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Definition of condolence
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(uncountable)Comfort, support or sympathy.
“There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could.”
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(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”).
Words you can make from condolence
111 playable · top: CONCEDE (12 pts)
Best play concede 12 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
19 words4-letter words
36 words- COCO 8 pts
- CEDE 7 pts
- CLOD 7 pts
- CODE 7 pts
- COED 7 pts
- COLD 7 pts
- DECO 7 pts
- CLON 6 pts
- COLE 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONN 6 pts
- COOL 6 pts
- COON 6 pts
- LOCO 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- DELE 5 pts
- DENE 5 pts
- DOLE 5 pts
- DONE 5 pts
- LEDE 5 pts
- LEND 5 pts
- LODE 5 pts
- NEED 5 pts
- NODE 5 pts
- OLDE 5 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LOON 4 pts
- NENE 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOLO 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
- NOON 4 pts
- OLEO 4 pts
3-letter words
30 words2-letter words
11 wordsHooks
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