Synonyms:
condolence, commiseration
Meaning: an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences"
Usage examples
I am not come to offer you condolence, which you would despise; nor do I mean to be present when you would account the sight of me an insult.
Day after day they called at the house, ostensibly upon visits of condolence, and they pumped away at the mother and the children without seeming to know that their questionings were in bad taste.