Indemnify

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indemnify \In*dem"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indemnified}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Indemnifying}.] [L. indemnis unhurt (in- not +
     damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Cf. {Damn}, {Damnify}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to
        insure.


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              The states must at last engage to the merchants here
              that they will indemnify them from all that shall
              fall out.                             --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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     2. To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which
        is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.
        --Beattie.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indemnify
       v 1: secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give
            security for; "This plan indemnifies workers against
            wages lost through illness"
       2: 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" [syn: {compensate}, {recompense}, {repair}]
       [also: {indemnified}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, tender