sympathy

noun

1. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

   noun.cognition

   Synonyms understanding

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

   noun.feeling

   Synonyms fellow feeling

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other

   noun.linkdef

   Examples

   The two of them were in close sympathy.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. Feeling corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree; fellow- feeling.

   noun

   Source: webster1913

5. The reciprocal influence exercised by organs or parts on one another, as shown in the effects of a diseased condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a tumor of the brain.

   noun

   Source: webster1913