Definition of "condoling" []

• Present participle of condole. (verb)

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• "AS Myrtano was going on in condoling the Misery this unhappy Gentleman had endur'd, Idalia, not a little amaz'd to hear that the unknown Person, to whom she was so much oblig'd, was Honorius, had the greatest Impatience imaginable to know the End of this Adventure; and that he might the sooner come to a Conclusion, desired he would wave all the Particulars in what Manner she had been preserv'd, and come to those of which she yet was ignorant."
• "But they joined in with the everyday rituals of life, condoling the bereaved, celebrating weddings and births."
• "A contribution such as: "I didn't know you but I have herd your story" now counts, for some reason, as worth having, along with the recommendation of a thumbs-up sign beneath the stranger's condoling, confirming that X or Y "likes this"."