con‧do‧lence /kənˈdəʊləns $ -ˈdoʊ-/
noun [countable usually plural, uncountable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: condolere 'to express sympathy', from Latin com- ( ⇒ COM-) + dolere 'to feel pain']
sympathy for someone who has had something bad happen to them, especially when someone has died:
a letter of condolencesend/offer your condolences (=formally express your sympathy when someone has died) [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲