Whats the word you use when damages happen to someone and they get something for it? Like I break someone's leg and I have to pay them money for it? [duplicate]
Solution 1:
Compensation (Noun)
- Something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.
‘he is seeking compensation for injuries suffered at work’
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Solution 2:
Another word that suits is restitution, it might even be a better fit than "compensation", since you talk about a "reward". The Wikipedia article on restitution quotes the definition from American Jurispudence:
[restitution is defined as] not only the restoration or giving back of something to its rightful owner and returning to the status quo but also compensation, reimbursement, indemnification, or reparation for benefits derived from, or for loss or injury caused to, another. In summary, therefore, the word "restitution" means the relinquishment of a benefit or the return of money or other property obtained through an improper means to the person from whom the property was taken
Solution 3:
I hope you get made whole.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_whole
It’s a term found in legal writing. It has the advantage of being general. Compensation for damages might only be part of making someone whole.
Solution 4:
I think this would be reparation.
the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.
Source: Google's English dictionary provided by Oxford Languages.