Indemnify

Quick meaning: Indemnify is a verb meaning To secure against loss or damage; to insure.

Meaning

To secure against loss or damage; to insure.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly law) To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
2. (obsolete, rare) to hurt, to harm

Example Sentences

The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out.

1593, Thomas Lodge, Life & Death of William Long Beard, E ij What harme the Rhodians haue doone thee, that thou so much indemnifiest them?

The lender of a thing for use must indemnify the borrower for damage caused by defects or vices in it, which he knew at the time of lending, and concealed from the borrower.

1583, Thomas Stocker's translation of A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, i. 63a He... did not belieue that his Maiestie by this occasion coulde any way be endemnified.

Word Forms

• indemnifies
• indemnifying
• indemnified

Synonyms for indemnify

Depending on context, synonyms include recompense, compensate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include recompense, compensate, indemnification, pay, reimburse, compensation.

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