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Noun: actual damages
  1. (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
    - compensatory damages, general damages

Type of: amends, damages, indemnification, indemnity, redress, redressal [Asia], restitution

Encyclopedia: Actual damages