| damages | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution | a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury. |
| ~ compensation | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury). |
| ~ relief | (law) redress awarded by a court.; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?" |
| ~ actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages | (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated. |
| ~ nominal damages | (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract). |
| ~ exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money | (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct). |
| ~ atonement, expiation, satisfaction | compensation for a wrong.; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store" |
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