sympathy

noun

1. 1

   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

2. 2

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

3. 3

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

   the two of them were in close sympathy