Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Condolence \Con*do"lence\, n. [Cf. F. condol['e]ance.]
   Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.

         Their congratulations and their condolences. --Steele.

         A special mission of condolence.         --Macaulay.

Source : WordNet®

condolence
     n : an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent
         their condolences" [syn: {commiseration}]