CONDOLENCE meaning: a feeling or expression of sympathy and sadness especially when someone is suffering because of the death of a family member, a friend, etc. Condolence is an expression of sympathy with someone in grief, misfortune, or sorrow. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of condolence in English and Spanish, as well as related words and examples. For example, you could say, “My condolence” or “My condolences,” and the meaning would be similar. However, there are some differences between the phrases. pity, compassion, commiseration, condolence, sympathy mean the act or capacity for sharing the painful feelings of another. pity implies tender or sometimes slightly contemptuous sorrow for one in misery or distress.
