compensatory damages(n = noun.possession) actual 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;
is a kind of amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, restitution

actual damages, compensatory, compensatory spending, compensatory time, damages, double damages, exemplary damages, general damages, nominal damages, punitive damages, treble damages