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   Damage , n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See Damn.]
   Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
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   He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage.
   Prov. xxvi. 6.
   
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   Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.
   Bacon.
   
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   pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another.
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   ☞ In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges of damages.
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   Consequential damage. See under Consequential. -- Exemplary damages (Law), damages imposed by way of example to others. Similar in purpose to vindictive damages, below. -- Nominal damages (Law), those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. -- vindictive damages or punitive damages, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.
   Syn. -- Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief.
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   Vindictive , a. [For vindicative, confused with L. vindicta revenge, punishment, fr. vindicare to vindicate. Cf. Vindicative.]
   Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful.
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   I am vindictive enough to repel force by force.
   Dryden.
   
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   Punitive. [Obs.]
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   Vindictive damages. (Law) See under Damage, n.
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   -- Vin*dic"tive*ly, adv. -- Vin*dic"tive*ness, n.
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