solatium

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Synonyms: amends, restitution, redress, compensation, recompense, damages, solatium, repayment, atonement, indemnification, indemnity.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2021

If we are to be excused because of the nature of the solatium we accept, then should a thief successfully plead that it was not money he stole, but a masterpiece of Raphael.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

The Orange Free State had been kicked outside the British line of empire, with a solatium in money, in the manner that an angry father bids adieu to a ne'er-do-well son.

From The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. by Milne, James

Venice gave the commune of Cattaro an annual subvention as solatium.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

Perhaps Jimmy himself would not care much about such a solatium.

From Quisanté by Hope, Anthony