damnification
(ˌdæmnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)
[n. of action from damnify: see -ation.]
The action of damnifying; infliction of injury or loss. (Now only in legal use.)
| 1628 Donne Serm. John xiv. 26 Not onely disestimation in this world, and damnification here, but damnation in the next world. 1798 Dallas Amer. Law Rep. II. 167 Putting the obligee in danger of being arrested is a damnification. 1875 Poste Gaius iv. Comm. (ed. 2) 623 Grievous damnification (laesio) occasioned by some exceptional condition. |