- sympathy, understanding - 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"
--1 is a kind of inclination, disposition, tendency
Derived forms: verb sympathize2, verb sympathise3 - sympathy, fellow feeling - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
--2 is a kind of feeling
--2 has particulars:concern; kindheartedness; compassion, compassionateness; commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos; compatibility, rapport; empathy Derived form: verb sympathize3 - sympathy - a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy"
--3 is a kind of affinity, kinship
--3 has particulars: mutual understanding, mutual affectionDerived forms: verb sympathize1, verb sympathise1