indemnify

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=dem=ni=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

indemnify, v. t. [L. indemnis unhurt (in- not + damnum hurt, damage) + -fy. Cf. Damn, Damnify.].

•  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.

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, tender

ROGET 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.