solatium

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2021

Venice gave the commune of Cattaro an annual subvention as solatium.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

He tossed off a bumper of wine and added, "Or a solatium, Master Wheatman, a solatium."

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.

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

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