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condolence

noun
/kənˈdoʊləns/US/ˈkɒndələns/

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”).

  1. derived from condoleō — “to sympathize”
  2. derived from condoléance

Definitions

  1. Comfort, support or sympathy.

    • 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…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at condolence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at condolence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at condolence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA