Both Uses of
condolence
in
Persuasion
- No letter of condolence had been sent to Ireland.†
Chpt 16 *
- The neglect had been visited on the head of the sinner; for when poor Lady Elliot died herself, no letter of condolence was received at Kellynch, and, consequently, there was but too much reason to apprehend that the Dalrymples considered the relationship as closed.†
Chpt 16
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