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EXEMPLARY DAMAGES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exemplary damages mean?
• EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (noun)
The noun EXEMPLARY DAMAGES has 1 sense:
1. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Familiarity information: EXEMPLARY DAMAGES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
exemplary damages; punitive damages; smart money
Hypernyms ("exemplary 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 "exemplary 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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