Dictionary definition · sympathy
noun
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion"his sympathies were always with the underdog"
- 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"the two of them were in close sympathy"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).