Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an expression of sympathy with another's grief;
- Example: "they sent their condolences"[syn: condolence, commiseration]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condolence \Con*do"lence\, n. [Cf. F. condol['e]ance.]
Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
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Their congratulations and their condolences. --Steele.
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A special mission of condolence. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
condolence
n 1: an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent
their condolences" [syn: condolence, commiseration]