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What does sympathy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word sympathy? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
  2. The ability to share the feelings of another.
  3. A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
  4. Tendency towards or approval of the aims of a movement.
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All of her teachers had sympathy on her, since she was their favorite student, they allowed her to retake tests and makeup missed work.
The alternative story is that St Peter threw a John Dory back into the sea after it had engaged his sympathy by making distressed noises.
As to walking through tough bits of town, it's not sympathy I was hoping to elicit for anyone.
Husband Brian offered no sympathy but couldn't wait for the peace and quiet.
Although he is a rogue and a rascal, Abagnale is treated with warm-hearted sympathy throughout the film.
Those interjections were very reasonable, and the Minister was simply putting on an act to try to get some sympathy.

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