Definition of Condole

Compulsion

CONDOLE verb, intransitive

	To show that bereavement is a smaller evil than sympathy.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Confidant,-confidante

Regular definition:

CONDOLE:
k?n?d?ul v.intr. (foll. by with) express sympathy with a person over a loss, grief, etc. °Often confused with console. [LL condolere (as com-, dolere suffer)]

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