Synonyms of punitive damages

punitive damages

plural noun

as in damages

Related Words

• damages
• reprisal(s)
• compensation
• satisfaction
• redress
• indemnity
• restitution
• reparation
• indemnification
• recompense
• amends
• recoupment
• remuneration
• atonement
• solatium
• reimbursement
• security
• expiation
• repayment
• refund
• adjustment
• deposit
• pawn
• treaty
• quittance
• bargain
• compact
• bail
• settlement
• requital
• punishment
• convention
• pact
• retaliation
• pledge
• oath
• contract
• accord
• vow
• guarantee
• warranty
• guaranty
• concordat
• bond
• deal
• covenant
• surety
• word
• troth

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of punitive damages

Depp won the former couple’s 2022 joint defamation trial with a seven-member jury in Fairfax, Virginia awarding him more than $10 million in compensatory and punitive damages. —Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025

On the third day of trial, June 18, the jury awarded $2 million in compensatory damages to Ross and Taylor, as well as $250,000, the highest amount possible, in punitive damages, their legal counsel said in a news release. —Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025

Gaw’s suit seeks a declaratory judgment that her employer’s actions violated her rights, back pay and lost employment benefits and compensatory and punitive damages. —Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025

The lawsuit seeks at least $260 million in punitive damages. —Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 June 2025