A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others.

synonyms: pathos, pity, ruth.

Roget 914: pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency etc. (lenity) 740; charity, ruth, long-suffering.    melting mood; argumentum ad misericordiam [Lat.], quarter, grace, locus paenitentiae [Lat.].    sympathizer; advocate, friend, partisan, patron, wellwisher.    ... show more

Dutch: deernis, medelijden, jammer

An expression of sympathy with another's grief.

synonym: condolence.

Dutch: rouwbeklag, innige deelneming, compassie, medeleven, condoleantie, condoléance, deelneming
Polish: kondolencja