sympathy

There is internal sympathy - combined with realism - that other games could have had different outcomes had it not been for individual errors, injuries or loss of form.

Over the last 45 years, Gould observes, the board’s treatment of collective bargaining rights has swung widely between Republican hostility and Democratic sympathy.

The university has expressed its deepest sympathies but said the "tragic error" over Ethan's grade was an isolated incident.

"Emma had just publicly poured more petrol on the flames, yet thought a one line expression of concern from her would reassure me of her fundamental sympathy and kindness."

These are times so surreal that even one of cinema’s most nostalgia-obsessed auteurs felt compelled to return to the present, if only to offer some sympathy.