Dictionary (n.) Anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an additional allowance, as for injured feelings.Thesaurus atonement balancing blood money commutation compensate compensation composition compromise consideration correction counteraction counterbalancing damages expiation expiatory offering fixing guerdon honorarium indemnification indemnity lex talionis make amends make reparation make restitution making amends making good making right making up meed mending offsetting overhaul overhauling pay paying back peace offering piaculum price propitiation quittance reclamation recompense rectification redemption redress refund reimbursement remedy remuneration repair repairing reparation repay repayment reprisal requital requite requitement restitution retaliation retribution return revenge reward salvage satisfaction smart money solatium squaring substitution troubleshooting wergild |