Both Uses of
condolence
in
David Copperfield
- She told me we must part, and told me why; and we condoled with one another, in all sincerity.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- For three or four days I remain at home, a very ill-looking subject, with a green shade over my eyes; and I should be very dull, but that Agnes is a sister to me, and condoles with me, and reads to me, and makes the time light and happy.†
Chpt 16-18
Definition:
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(condolence) an expression of sympathy to another who is in sorrow -- typically in grief over a death in the family