solatium

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2021

Onyway, Deacon, ye’d put your ill-gotten gains to a right use; they might come by the wind, but they wouldna gang wi’ the water; and that’s aye a solatium, as we say.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

From Quisanté by Hope, Anthony

Strong interest was made in favour of mercy, but the College deprived him of his Fellowship, granting him, not too consistently, a solatium of £300.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

The honour of having two men in the eleven was no solatium for the wounded pride of Biffen's, when they considered their great injury.

From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick