PUNITIVE DAMAGES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)