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    PUNITIVE DAMAGES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)play

    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)

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