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 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

The Sumerian laws seem to regard the marriage-tie as dissoluble on the part of the man by an act of simple repudiation, accompanied by a solatium, fixed at half a mina.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

H�c studia Adolescentiam alunt, Senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis solatium et perfugium pr�bet delectant domi, non impediunt foris; Pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph