solatium

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2021

If we are to be excused because of the nature of the solatium we accept, then should a thief successfully plead that it was not money he stole, but a masterpiece of Raphael.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

A dozen commonplace legs were offered the dog; it might have tasted the lot and procured no more pother than the passing of a few shillings, the solatium of a pair of trousers or so.

From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

I administered the solatium; then I placed Denis on the box of the car with the bicycle-lamp in his hand, and drove my family home.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

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