solatium

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2021

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

In viâ nullum fuit solatium praeterquam quod Horatium, ubi macros in igne turdos versat, perlegi.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

We have seen that the restoration of Velasquez to the Governorship of Cuba came as a sort of solatium for his loss and humiliation with respect to Mexico.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

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