Sympathy :  (noun)
1: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" [syn: understanding]
2: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) [syn: fellow feeling]
3: a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy"

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