Main entry: understanding, sympathy
Definition: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
Usage: his sympathies were always with the underdog; I knew I could count on his understanding
Main entry: sympathy, fellow feeling
Definition: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
Main entry: sympathy
Definition: a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
Usage: the two of them were in close sympathy