Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun compensatory_damages

1 sense of compensatory damages

Sense 1
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)
       => damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress -- (a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury)