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con·do·lence
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noun
Often,
condolences.
expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.
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Origin:
1595–1605;
condole
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-ence
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condolences
"formal declaration of sympathy," 1670s, pl. of
condolence
. Reason for the plural is unclear; earliest references are to expressions from groups of persons; perhaps the habit stuck.
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