damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress

a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• relief — (law) redress awarded by a court
• actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages — (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
• nominal damages — (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)
• punitive damages, exemplary damages, smart money — (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
• atonement, expiation, satisfaction — compensation for a wrong

• compensation — something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)