What does indemnify mean?
Indemnify means To secure against loss or damage; to insure..
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/ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/ · verb
To secure against loss or damage; to insure..
The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out.
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.
1593, Thomas Lodge, Life & Death of William Long Beard, E ij What harme the Rhodians haue doone thee, that thou so much indemnifiest them?
Use indemnify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Indemnify means To secure against loss or damage; to insure..
Common synonyms include recompense, compensate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out.
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