condolences
type: Concept
definition: When someone who is cared about suffers the loss of a loved one, it is appropriate to offer condolences, or expressions of sympathy. Though condolences may be delivered by way of conversation, it is the letter of condolence that has received more popular and scholarly attention. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Condolences]
broader: bereavement

bereavement
type: Concept
narrower: condolences

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: condolences