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‖ solatium|səˈleɪʃɪəm|
[L. sōlātium, sōlācium, related to sōlārī to console: cf. solace n.1]
1. A sum of money, or other compensation, given to a person to make up for loss or inconvenience.
1817Scott Fam. Lett. 27 May, It was a bonus or solatium paid to them by the gentry, to prevent their rising and righting themselves at the expense of the aristocracy. 1853W. Jerdan Autobiog. III. 81 A weekly solatium was arranged to the extent of the author's own suggestion. 1883Pall Mall G. 1 Oct. 8/2 Another offered by way of a solatium in the hour of his disappointment the vacant trusteeship of a well-known charitable institution.
2. spec. in Law. A sum of money paid, over and above the actual damages, as a solace for injured feelings.
1832Austin Jurispr. (1879) I. xv. 397 The ground of action being not only indemnification for damage, but also solatium for bereavement. 1863Illustr. Lond. News 1 Aug. 103 [A] traveller for a firm of Staffordshire china merchants obtained {pstlg}500 damages and {pstlg}300 solatium at a jury trial. |