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Meaning of sympathy

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sympathy
      n 1: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with
           an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog";
           "I knew I could count on his understanding" [syn:
           {sympathy}, {understanding}]
      2: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow
         or anguish) [syn: {sympathy}, {fellow feeling}]
      3: a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever
         affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of
         them were in close sympathy"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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