condolences

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English

Etymology

From Latin condoleo (“I feel another's pain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈdoʊlənsəz/, /ˈkɒndələnsəz/
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Noun

condolences

  1. plural of condolence

Noun

condolences pl (plural only)

  1. comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially 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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condolences

  1. Expressing sympathy to someone, especially after learning of a close death.
    • 1992, Martin Cruz Smith, Red Square, page 120:
      "What were you doing at the cemetery?"
      "Burying my father."
      "Oh." Rodionov grunted as if he had expected a more imaginative excuse. "Condolences."
    • 2008 July 15, NPR, “When Does It Go Too Far?”, in Talk of the Nation:
      Let's get another caller on the line. This is Camille. Camille with us from Visalia in California.
      Visalia, California that's correct.
      Go ahead please.
      Hi. I'm an African-American woman and when I first saw the cover – let me preface this. I'm in central California, which is very conservative. And...
      Condolences.

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