Indemnify Definition

ĭn-dĕmnə-fī
indemnified, indemnifies, indemnifying
verb
indemnified, indemnifies, indemnifying
To protect against or keep free from loss, damage, etc.; insure.
Webster's New World
To repay for what has been lost or damaged; compensate for a loss, etc.; reimburse.
Webster's New World
To redeem or make good (a loss)
Webster's New World
To promise to make good another’s financial loss or liability resulting from a particular event or contingency.
Webster's New World Law

To secure against loss or damage; to insure.

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Origin of Indemnify

  • Latin indemnis uninjured (in- not in–1) (damnum harm, damage entailing liability) –fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin indemnis (“ unhurt”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“hurt, damage”). Compare damn, damnify.

    From Wiktionary

Indemnify Sentence Examples

  • The money, about L13000,000, could probably have been obtained to indemnify Chile if occasion for it arose.

  • The losses which they sustained by land roused the Byzantines to indemnify themselves on the vessels which still crowded the harbour, and the merchantmen which cleared the straits; but this had the effect of provoking a war with the neighbouring naval powers.

  • Louis, always inexhaustible in expedients, determined to indemnify himself in the north for his disappointments in the south.

  • The Advertiser will indemnify the publisher fully in respect of any claim made against the Publisher arising from the advertisement.

  • The application disclaimer also states that by accepting the aforementioned prizes, gifts or money, you also "release and indemnify" the show's producer from any liability.

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Words Starting With

IININD

Words Ending With

YFYIFY

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Words Starting With I and Ending With Y

Starts With I & Ends With YStarts With IN & Ends With YStarts With I & Ends With FY

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With I9 Letter Words Ending With Y