solatium

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2021

But, willing as she was to do all this in the future, I soon discovered that she wanted her small solatium in the present.

From In Accordance with the Evidence by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

The farmer's stack of clover had been destroyed by fire, and the farmer, feeling that this was rather the affair of the Insurance Company than himself, had asked for solatium.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Sed et Stoici deum malunt providentissimum human� institutioni inter cetera pr�sidia divinatricum artium et disciplinarum somnia quoque nobis indidisse, peculiare solatium naturalis oraculi.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)

Messrs. Fanning and Purvis received the inadequate solatium in a due spirit of protest.

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William