the act or capacity of sharing the feelings or interests of another
the act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings of another
a feeling or the expression of pity for the distress or suffering of another
a few words of sympathy
inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord
(also in pl) a feeling of loyalty; a tendency to give favour or support
The Labour party can draw on a general tradition of sympathy for women's rights — Angela Carter
an affinity, association, or relationship between people or things in which each is simultaneously affected in a similar way
unity or harmony in action or effect
[Latin sympathia from Greek sympatheia, from sympathēs having common feelings, sympathetic, from sym- + pathos feelings, emotion, experience]