condolences

Etymology

From Latin condoleo (“I feel another's pain”).

noun

1. plural of condolence

noun

1. comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of somebody who has died.
   I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.

intj

1. Expressing sympathy to someone, especially after learning of a close death.
   "What were you doing at the cemetery?" "Burying my father." "Oh." Rodionov grunted as if he had expected a more imaginative excuse. "Condolences." 1992, Martin Cruz Smith, Red Square, page 120
   Let's get another caller on the line. This is Camille. Camille with us from Visalia in California. Visalia, California that's correct. Go ahead please. Hi. I'm an African-American woman and when I first saw the cover – let me preface this. I'm in central California, which is very conservative. And... Condolences. July 15, 2008, NPR, “When Does It Go Too Far?”, in Talk of the Nation