/ kənˈdəʊləns; NAmE -ˈdoʊ-/ noun
[ C , usually pl. , U ] sympathy that you feel for sb when a person in their family or that they know well has died; an expression of this sympathy :
to give / offer / express your condolences
Our condolences go to his wife and family.
a letter of condolence
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from condole from Christian Latin condolere , from con- with + dolere grieve, suffer, influenced by French condoléance .