(sympathies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you have ~ for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them.
I have had very little help from doctors and no ~ whatsoever...
I wanted to express my sympathies on your resignation.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl
2.
If you have ~ with someone’s ideas or opinions, you agree with them.
I have some ~ with this point of view...
Lithuania still commands considerable international ~ for its cause...
She has frequently expressed Republican sympathies.
N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, oft N with/for n
3.
If you take some action in ~ with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them.
Milne resigned in ~ because of the way Donald had been treated.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N with n