Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral PowersSection III. Sympathetic Affections
3. Special Sympathetic Affections
915. Condolence.
NOUN:CONDOLENCE; lamentation [See Lamentation]; sympathy, conso lation.VERB:CONDOLE WITH, console, sympathize; express -, testify- pity; afford-, supply- consolation; lament with [See Lamentation]; express sympathy for, feel for, send one’s condolences; feel -grief, – sorrow- in common with; share one’s sorrow.
QUOTATIONS:
- The human heart Finds nowhere shelter but in human kind.—G. Eliot
- Pity and need Make all flesh kin. There is no caste in blood.—Edwin Arnold