Concept information
Preferred term
condolences
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]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/condolences
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