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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

commisération

, fr. L.

commiseratio

a part of an oration intended to excite compassion.]

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.

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Noun.

Pity; compassion; a sympathetic suffering of pain or sorrow for the wants, afflictions or distresses of another.

I cannot think of these poor deluded creatures, but with commiseration.

See also: commisération

commiseration ‎(plural commiserations)

The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
  The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.

act of commiserating