Related:

• REDRESS, n. Reparation without satisfaction. Among the Anglo-Saxon a subject conceiving himself wronged by the king was permitted
  on proving his injury, to beat a brazen image of the royal offender with a switch that was afterward applied to his own naked back....
• COMPROMISE, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have
  and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due....
• CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one.
  It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity....
• GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PREROGATIVE, n. A sovereign's right to do wrong. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...