Damage

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. Prov. xxvi. 6. 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.

2. 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.

Synonyms: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. 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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in damage in sunlight.