Definition of "condolent" []

• Of or pertaining to condolence (adjective)
• Compassionate (adjective)

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• "Canadians who are dying there are doing so in vain, and they deserve better than condolent press releases. '"
• "Canadians who are dying there are doing so in vain, and they deserve better than condolent press releases."
• "Enshrined and multiplied; here were the votive statuettes and busts presented by condolent friends, assiduous place-seekers, scared men who had once had words with the dead; commissioned by the best artists found at short notice, to comfort Alexander's grief."