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English noun: commiseration

1. commiseration (feeling) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others


SamplesThe blind are too often objects of pity.


Synonymspathos, pity, ruth


Broader (hypernym)fellow feeling, sympathy

2. commiseration (communication) an expression of sympathy with another's grief


SamplesThey sent their condolences.


Synonymscondolence


Broader (hypernym)acknowledgement, acknowledgment









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