Definitions for condolence

condolence con·do·lence

Spelling: [kuh n-doh-luh ns]
IPA: /kənˈdoʊ ləns/

Condolence is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 210 anagrams from letters in condolence (ccdeelnnoo).

Definitions for condolence

noun

  1. Often, condolences. expression of sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief.

Origin of condolence

First recorded in 1595-1605; condole + -ence

Examples for condolence

But the formal tributes of condolence were followed by great rejoicing in the camp.

Many were the messages of regard and condolence that came from other lands.

Before Mr. Chen left the museum, he signed a condolence book by the corner library.

Wherever we go, we are lionised and loaded with congratulations and condolence.

To Hitchcock, this is not a sweet wire from an old colleague but a condolence letter on the occasion of his own death.

She rarely dropped names of her famous friends, except Prince Charles', who issued a public note of condolence after her death.

I do not ask your condolence and regret for what is past, for that now cannot be remedied.

The letters of condolence when she died in March at the age of 87 included one from an African American who had become president.

I felt that no words of condolence availed, and I let him lie there quietly.

This year, the condolence book from the June 4th Museum will be burned in a ceremony of remembrance.

Word Value for condolence
Scrable

15

Words with friends

20

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