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Sympathy

ˈsɪmpəθi

Sympathy definitions
noun
sympathies sympathy
  1. feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune

    "they had great sympathy for the flood victims"

    • the formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune

      "all Tony's friends joined in sending their sympathies to his widow Jean"

  2. understanding between people; common feeling

    "the special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all"

    • support in the form of shared feelings or opinions

      "his sympathies lay with his constituents"

    • agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favourable attitude

      "I have some sympathy for this view"

    • relating harmoniously to something else; in keeping

      "repairs had to be in sympathy with the original structure"

  3. the state or fact of responding in a way similar or corresponding to an action elsewhere

    "the magnetic field oscillates in sympathy"