assythment
Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence.
countable, historical, uncountable
It may be observed that assythment is not due to the next of kin of a person slain where the offender hath by the exertion of public justice suffered the punishment due to his crime; but whether it can be demanded from the king's donatary where the criminal hath fled from justice and forfeited his movable estate upon a sentence of fugitation, may be doubted.
Where it comes from
From assyth + -ment, from Old French aset, asez, originally meaning "enough". See assets.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry assythment (CC BY-SA 4.0).