Meaning Of The Word Sympathy

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What's The Definition Of Sympathy?

sympathy
uncountable noun: If you have sympathy for someone who is in a bad situation, you are sorry for them, and show this in the way you behave towards them.
uncountable noun: If you have sympathy with someone's ideas or opinions, you agree with them.
uncountable noun: If you take some action in sympathy with someone else, you do it in order to show that you support them.

sympathy in American English
sameness of feeling; affinity between persons or of one person for another
adjective: expressing sympathy
noun: harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another

sympathy in British English
noun: the sharing of another's emotions, esp of sorrow or anguish; pity; compassion

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