[syn: wrong, legal injury, damage]
VERB (2)
1. inflict damage upon;
- Example: "The snow damaged the roof"
- Example: "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
2. suffer or be susceptible to damage;
- Example: "These fine china cups damage easily"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Damage \Dam"age\ (d[a^]m"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F.
dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage.
See Damn.]
1. 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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2. 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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Note: 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Damage \Dam"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Damaged
(d[a^]m"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Damaging
(d[a^]m"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See
Damage, n.]
To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of;
to hurt; to injure; to impair.
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He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a
broadside, with which he killed many of his men and
damaged the ship. --Clarendon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Damage \Dam"age\ (d[a^]m"[asl]j), v. i.
To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in
soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in
sunlight.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
damage
n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage,
harm, impairment]
2: loss of military equipment [syn: damage, equipment
casualty]
3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage,
harm, hurt, scathe]
4: the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price
of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how
much is the damage?" [syn: price, terms, damage]
5: any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal
right [syn: wrong, legal injury, damage]
v 1: inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She
damaged the car when she hit the tree"
2: suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups
damage easily"