condolence (kondo lens)

[F. condoléance (> It. condoglianza = D. kondo lean tie = Sw. kondolanz ) = Sp. Pg. condo len cia = It. condo lenza = G. kondolenz = Dan. kondolence, For which reason their congratulations and their condo lences are equally words of course. Steele , Tatler, No. 109. A special me age of condolence . Macaulay. =Syn. Sympathy , Commiseration , etc. See pity . condoler (kon-dō'lėr), n. One who condoles. Johnson.