Definition of "solatium" []

• Law Compensation for injured feelings as distinct from financial loss or physical suffering. (noun)

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• "His reference to a "solatium" puzzled me, but it did not seem anything of consequence."
• "But so aloof is he from general suspicion, so immune from criticism, so admirable in his management and self-effacement, that for those very words that you have uttered he could hale you to a court and emerge with your year's pension as a solatium for his wounded charac - ter."
• "He announced a solatium of Rs five lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and said state authorities will ensure that bodies were transported quickly back to the families of the victims."