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sympathy
noun (SUPPORT) /ˈsɪm.pə.θi/Definition
C2 [U] support and agreement: I must confess I have some sympathy with his views.Accepting and agreeingAccepting and agreeing reluctantlyApproving and approval sympathies [plural] › support: Of those people questioned, 93 percent said their sympathies were with the teachers. He is known to have right-wing sympathies.Backing, supporting and defendingDefending and protecting come out in sympathy with sb › to stop working in order to show your support for other workers who are on strike: The railway workers came out in sympathy with the miners.Backing, supporting and defendingDefending and protectingIndustrial action
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Synonyms and related words:
- blackleg noun
- cooling-off period noun
- demarcation dispute noun
- direct action noun
- down tools idiom
- job action noun
- lightning strike noun
- lock sb out phrasal verb (STOP WORKING)
- picket line noun
- picket noun
- stoppage noun (NOT WORKING)
- strike noun (STOP WORK)
- strike pay noun
- strike verb (STOP WORK)
- strikebound adjective
- strikebreaker noun
- striker noun (STOP WORK)
- walk out phrasal verb (STOP WORK)
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