"commiseration" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: commiserations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French commisération. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|commisération}} Middle French commisération Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commiseration (countable and uncountable, plural commiserations)
  1. The act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of commiserating): съчувствие (sǎčuvstvie) (Bulgarian), 怜悯 (liánmǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 同情 (tóngqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), medelijden [neuter] (Dutch), medeleven [neuter] (Dutch), commisération [feminine] (French), conmiseración [feminine] (Galician), Mitleid [neuter] (German), Mitgefühl [neuter] (German), medynk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), medlitenhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), litość [feminine] (Polish), współczucie [neuter] (Polish), żal [masculine] (Polish), compătimire [feminine] (Romanian), compasiune [feminine] (Romanian), comizerație [feminine] (Romanian), conmiseración [feminine] (Spanish), medlidande [neuter] (Swedish)

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