Definitions for condolences

condolences con·do·lence

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

Condolences is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 401 anagrams from letters in condolences (ccdeelnnoos).

Definitions for condolences

noun

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

Origin of condolences

First recorded in 1595-1605; condole + -ence

Examples for condolences

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.

I would give them my condolences and tell them what I was doing—trying to show the world the crisis in Liberia.

"No condolences, please," he said to Roger Brooks with a smile.

Take my condolences on your fearful passage through your purgatory.

Even if I had been hurt—which I was not—there was no time to be wasted on condolences or congratulations.

My condolences are for the poor girl left to my guardianship.

I relayed the shocking news to Sechin and expressed my condolences.

No, certainly Uthoug junior had not come with lamentations and condolences.

The family remain close to the democracy icon, who earlier this month sent a letter of condolences to Than Dar.

Friends and colleagues have sent their condolences and reminisced about moments shared with Jamie.

If you are one of the few Americans still watching American Idol please accept my condolences.

Word Value for condolences
Scrable

16

Words with friends

21

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