Word of the Day: CONDOLENCE

So sorry...

condolence (noun) - an expression of sympathy for someone in pain or grief (also condolement) [kuhn-doh-luhns]

BREAKDOWN: CON- (with) + DOL- (to mourn) + -ENCE (act or state)

• to condole is to express sympathy or sorrow; to commiserate

• condolatory means to offer condolence

“I send you my deepest condiments
was in no way what my old friend
meant to say or write or send
the night she penned a note to me
one week after my father died.

“Not condolences, or sentiments,
she sent me her deepest condiments
instead, as if the dead have need
of relish, mustard, and ketchup
on the other side.” —Taylor Mali