damages

Synonyms:

amends, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution

Types:

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relief

(law) redress awarded by a court

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

double damages

twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to

treble damages

three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to

Type of:

compensation

something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)