solatium

[ soh-ley-shee-uh m ]

/ soʊˈleɪ ʃi əm /

something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.

Law. damages awarded to a plaintiff as compensation for personal suffering or grief arising from an injury.

Origin of solatium

1810–20; < Medieval Latin sōlātium, variant spelling of sōlācium, Latin: solace

solarism, solarium, solarize, solate, solation, solatium, sold, sold on, be, sold out, sold-out, soldan

No: Travers hasn't been running around and finding me a better-paid job as a solatium.

Foe-Farrell |Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Shall we say that you leave Richmond this afternoon with a solatium of five hundred pounds?'

The City in the Clouds |C. Ranger Gull
Venice gave the commune of Cattaro an annual subvention as solatium.

The Shores of the Adriatic |F. Hamilton Jackson
His reference to a "solatium" puzzled me, but it did not seem anything of consequence.

The Yeoman Adventurer |George W. Gough

At the same time, the head-clerk was given a handsome cheque as a solatium.

The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn |Robert Machray

solatium

/ (səʊˈleɪʃɪəm) /

law, mainly US and Scot compensation awarded to a party for injury to the feelings as distinct from physical suffering and pecuniary loss

C19: from Latin: see solace