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indemnify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb indemnify has 2 senses
- indemnify(v = verb.possession) Array - secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for; "This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness" is one way to cover, insure, underwrite
- indemnify(v = verb.possession) compensate, recompense, repair - make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" is one way to pay
Derived forms noun indemnity2, noun indemnity1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun indemnification2, noun indemnification1, noun indemnity3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure. [1913 Webster]"The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out." [1913 Webster]
- To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate. Beattie. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
indemnify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 (often foll. by from, against) protect or secure (a person) in respect of harm, a loss, etc.
2 (often foll. by for) secure (a person) against legal responsibility for actions.
3 (often foll. by for) compensate (a person) for a loss, expenses, etc.
1 (often foll. by from, against) protect or secure (a person) in respect of harm, a loss, etc.
2 (often foll. by for) secure (a person) against legal responsibility for actions.
3 (often foll. by for) compensate (a person) for a loss, expenses, etc.
Derivative
indemnification n. indemnifier n.
Etymology
L indemnis unhurt (as IN-(1), damnum loss, damage)
THESAURUS
indemnify
atone, compensate, cover, do penance, expiate, fee, fill up, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, guerdon, make amends, make compensation, make good, make reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make up for, pay, pay back, pay by installments, pay damages, pay off, pay on, prepay, quit, recompense, rectify, redress, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, retaliate, reward, salary, satisfy, set right, square, tenderROGET THESAURUS
indemnify
Compensation
VB make compensation, compensate, compense, indemnify, counteract, countervail, counterpoise, balance, outbalance, overbalance, counterbalance, set off, hedge, square, give and take, make up for, lee way, cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify, equalize, make good, redeem.Restitution
VB return, restore, give back, carry back, bring back, render, render up, give up, let go, unclutch, disgorge, regorge, regurgitate, recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify, remit, rehabilitate, repair, reinvest, revest, reinstate, redeem, recover, take back again, revest, revert.Reward
VB reward, recompense, repay, requite, remunerate, munerate, compensate, fee, pay one's footing, make amends, indemnify, atone, satisfy, acknowledge, get for one's pains, reap the fruits of, tip.
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