Dictionary

solatium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səˈleɪʃi.əm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solatium.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A form of compensation for emotional rather than physical or financial harm.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Intangible or emotional compensation.
   • "But Italian cabmen who are engaged by the hour regard the long waits beneath shady trees as a solatium for the reduced fare." C. Lewis Hind, The Education of an Artist (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906, page 160).

Forms

Translations (15)

nl smartegeld (compensation for emotional harm) · ja 見舞い金 (compensation for emotional harm) · it pretium doloris (compensation for emotional harm) · de Genugtuung (compensation for emotional harm) · es pretium doloris (compensation for emotional harm) · fi korvaus henkisestä kärsimyksestä (compensation for emotional harm) · de Schmerzensgeld (compensation for emotional harm) · gv argid mollee (compensation for emotional harm) · fr solatium doloris (compensation for emotional harm) · de Schmerzengeld (compensation for emotional harm) · ja 慰謝料 (compensation for emotional harm) · fi kärsimyskorvaus (compensation for emotional harm) · fr pretium doloris (compensation for emotional harm) · cmn 精神損害賠償金 /精神损害赔偿金 (compensation for emotional harm) · cmn 慰撫金 /慰抚金 (compensation for emotional harm)