indemnify

Verb
Synonyms: compensaterecompenserepair

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  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”Synonyms: compensaterecompenserepair
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out.— Sir W. Temple.[1913 Webster]

2.To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]

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