noun. a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong.

verb. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damage.

noun. The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action.

noun. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

"Sir John laid great stress upon the erroneous manner in which the action had been laid, and contended that as the English form of 'assumpsit' had been taken, in order to get both debt and damages, instead of a single action of damages being brought, all the consequences of the form adopted must be taken by the plaintiff, who, not having proved _damages_, or even stated them, must be held by the court to have made out no case, and be cast accordingly."

compensation  

actual damages  atonement  compensatory damages  exemplary damages  expiation  

amends  amends  amercement  atonement  blood money  

damage