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PUNITIVE DAMAGES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Synonyms:
exemplary damages; punitive damages; smart money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("punitive damages" is a kind of...):
amends; damages; indemnification; indemnity; redress; restitution (a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "punitive damages"):
double damages (twice the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to)
treble damages (three times the amount that a court would normally find the injured party entitled to)
