PUNITIVE DAMAGES as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
   Synonym(s)
   • exemplary damages (what does exemplary damages mean?)
   • smart money (what does smart money mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) punitive damages is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • damages (what does damages mean?)
   • amends (what does amends mean?)
   • indemnity (what does indemnity mean?)
   • indemnification (what does indemnification mean?)
   • restitution (what does restitution mean?)
   • redress (what does redress mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • double damages (what does double damages mean?)
   • treble damages (what does treble damages mean?)