sympathy

1. A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.Examples: "While you'll probably have her sympathies if your condominium association wants to preapprove your storm door, you'll need to work harder for her support if your boss at the music megastore demands you grow a goatee to help lend the place some indie cred."Synonyms: compassion, pity, bowels, commiseration, compassion, empathy, fellow feeling, mercycountablein-pluraluncountable

2. Inclination to think or feel alike; emotional or intellectual accord; common feeling.countablein-pluraluncountable

3. An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.countableuncountable