Noun commiseration has 2 senses
  1. commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos - a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
    --1 is a kind of sympathy, fellow feeling
    Derived form: verb commiserate1
  2. condolence, commiseration - an expression of sympathy with another's grief; "they sent their condolences"
    --2 is a kind of acknowledgment, acknowledgement
    Derived form: verb commiserate1
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