solatium

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2021

Strong interest was made in favour of mercy, but the College deprived him of his Fellowship, granting him, not too consistently, a solatium of £300.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

No: Travers hasn't been running around and finding me a better-paid job as a solatium.

From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

It means "comfort in sorrow," and in Scotch law it denotes a compensation for wounded feelings, solatium, moral and intellectual damages in short.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

Perhaps Jimmy himself would not care much about such a solatium.

From Quisanté by Hope, Anthony