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compensatory damages

noun as in punitive damages

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Example Sentences

She is seeking an unspecified amount in damages for “severe emotional distress,” compensatory damages and legal fees.

He is seeking $10 million in actual and compensatory damages as well as exemplary and punitive damages to be decided at trial.

Doe is seeking a jury trial and an “excess of seven figures in punitive and compensatory damages, including unpaid wages,” his legal team said in a statement to The Times.

In addition to ownership of the historic ball, Matus is seeking actual and compensatory damages.

She wants a jury trial and unspecified compensatory damages; a financial judgment for mental pain, anguish and emotional distress; punitive and exemplary damages, and payment of legal fees.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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