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compensatory damages

noun as in punitive damages

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Plaintiffs are seeking a jury trial and compensatory damages including back pay owed to workers.

Michaels is seeking compensatory damages and a judicial determination of his rights under an alleged oral agreement made with Geffen.

The judgment was for compensatory damages only; determination of punitive damages is still to come.

She asks for compensatory damages, including "lost wages" and money for "mental pain and anguish".

From BBC

He is seeking compensatory damages for lost wages, earnings, commissions, retirement benefits and other employee benefits as well as general damages for mental pain, emotional distress and loss of earning capacity.

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

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