sympathy
Meaning
Sympathy is the feeling of compassion or understanding for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
💡 A common mistake is to confuse "sympathy" with "empathy"; sympathy involves feeling for someone, while empathy involves feeling with someone.
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Common Phrases
express sympathy
show sympathy
deep sympathy
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