'Damage' definitions:

Definition of 'damage'

From: WordNet
noun
The occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage, harm, impairment]
noun
Loss of military equipment [syn: damage, equipment casualty]
noun
The act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, harm, hurt, scathe]
noun
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]
noun
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right [syn: wrong, legal injury, damage]
verb
Inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
verb
Suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups damage easily"

Definition of 'Damage'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Damage'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov. xxvi. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges of damages. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Damage'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'damage'

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