disgorgement
Giving back gains
Disgorgement is the act of surrendering something, especially ill-gotten gains.
In legal contexts, a court may order disgorgement of profits obtained through fraud or illegal activity: The SEC sought disgorgement of the insider trading profits.
The word carries the violent physicality of its root—to disgorge is to vomit up or eject forcefully, suggesting that what was taken must be expelled.
Ejecting swallowed material
- emesisStomach contents expelled orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- upchuckEject stomach contents
- pukingForcefully expelling stomach contents
barf · spew · hurl · heave · gagging · nausea · queasy · nauseous
Restoring what was lost
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- clawbackContractual fund recovery
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
settlement · penalty · remedy · ill-gotten · profits · SEC · securities · insider trading
Liquid that escaped containment
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
- releaseTo let go
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
deluge · torrent · surge · spillover · gush · outflow · effluence · emission
Particles settling in liquid
- decantingTransferring liquid carefully
- leesFermentation deposit residue
- yeastFermenting fungus
- riddlingSpeaking in enigmas
champagne · sparkling wine · bottle · cork · dosage · méthode champenoise · clarification
regurgitation
Ejecting swallowed material
- emesisStomach contents expelled orally
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- upchuckEject stomach contents
puking · barf · spew · hurl · heave · gagging · nausea · queasy · nauseous · bilious
restitution
Restoring what was lost
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- clawbackContractual fund recovery
recovery · settlement · penalty · remedy · ill-gotten · profits · SEC · securities · insider trading · fraud
spillage
Liquid that escaped containment
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
- releaseTo let go
flood · deluge · torrent · surge · spillover · gush · outflow · effluence · emission · eruption
sediment
Particles settling in liquid
riddling · champagne · sparkling wine · bottle · cork · dosage · méthode champenoise · clarification
- Champagneblanc de blancs, grand cru, non-vintage, champagne houses, Dom Perignon
- artisan winemakingnatural wine, biodynamic, organic, small batch, hand harvesting
- contract remediesrescission, remedy, punitive damages, money damages, restitution
- legal remediesinjunctions, injunction, damages, restitution, restraining order
- restitutionquasi-contract, restitution claims, enrichment, tracing
- securities regulationsecurities law, insider trading laws, securities fraud, insider trading, prospectus
disgorgementretention
Continued holding or possession
acquisition · enrichment · pocketing · accumulation · gain
disgorgementingestion
Consuming into the body
swallowing · consumption · engorgement · intake · gorging
disgorgementretention
Continued holding or possession
keeping · withholding · hoarding · holding · safeguarding
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