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English noun: compensatory damages

1. compensatory damages (possession) (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated


Synonymsactual damages, general damages


Broader (hypernym)amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution


Domain categoryjurisprudence, law









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