solatium

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2021

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

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

These gentlemen were most of them waiting for College livings, to which they were allowed to carry off, as a solatium, some dozens of College port.

From The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 by Inge, William Ralph

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