Sympathy generally refers to a sense of sadness or commiseration related to someone else's misfortune or negative feelings.
If you get in a car accident, I might sympathize with what you're going through despite never having been in an accident myself. I understand this is a bad, unpleasant, expensive, and potentially painful experience, and that underst…
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