solatium
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
Law. damages awarded to a plaintiff as compensation for personal suffering or grief arising from an injury.
Origin of solatium
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How to use solatium in a sentence
But, willing as she was to do all this in the future, I soon discovered that she wanted her small solatium in the present.
In Accordance with the Evidence | Oliver Onions(c) The Company shall receive as a solatium for the unexpired period of the concession an amount equal to one per cent.
The Transvaal from Within | J. P. FitzpatrickNo: Travers hasn't been running around and finding me a better-paid job as a solatium.
Foe-Farrell | Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchShall we say that you leave Richmond this afternoon with a solatium of five hundred pounds?'
The City in the Clouds | C. Ranger GullAs a solatium to his wounded feelings, he ordered his friends of the Marat Company to get rid of them.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for solatium
/ (səʊˈleɪʃɪəm) /
law, mainly US and Scot compensation awarded to a party for injury to the feelings as distinct from physical suffering and pecuniary loss
Origin of solatium
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