What is the meaning of sympathy?

noun

  • An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion.
    • usage: "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
  • Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish.
  • A relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other.
    • usage: "the two of them were in close sympathy"
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