verb
Meaning 1
To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
indemnify
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈdɛm.nɪ.faɪ/
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verb
Meaning 2
To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
to hurt, to harm
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
Examples
- 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?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
make amends for; pay compensation for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compensate, recompense, repair
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pay
Narrower terms: give
verb
Meaning 5
secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover, insure, underwrite
History
Etymology
From indemn (“unhurt”) + -ify (forming verbs)
From in- (“into”) + damnify (“to injure; to wrong”), assimilated to indemn and indemnify (“secure against loss; compensate, reimburse”).
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: застраховам (zastrahovam) — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Bulgarian: осигурявам (osigurjavam) — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Dutch: indekken — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Dutch: verzekeren — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Finnish: turvata — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Finnish: vakuuttaa — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Finnish: taata — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- German: sicherstellen — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Hungarian: biztosít — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Hungarian: fedez — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Polish: ubezpieczyć — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Polish: zabezpieczyć — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Portuguese: proteger — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Portuguese: assegurar — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Russian: страхова́ть (straxovátʹ) — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Russian: застрахова́ть (zastraxovátʹ) — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Spanish: asegurar — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Turkish: (birinin zararına) kefil olmak — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Turkish: dokunulmazlık vermek — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Turkish: korumak — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Turkish: teminat vermek — to save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure
- Bulgarian: обезщетявам (obezštetjavam) — to make restitution or compensation for
- Bulgarian: компенсирам (kompensiram) — to make restitution or compensation for
- Chinese Cantonese: 賠償 /赔偿 (pui4 soeng4) — to make restitution or compensation for
- Chinese Cantonese: 補償 /补偿 (bou2 soeng4) — to make restitution or compensation for
- Dutch: vergoeden — to make restitution or compensation for
- Finnish: hyvittää — to make restitution or compensation for
- Finnish: korvata — to make restitution or compensation for
- German: schadlos halten — to make restitution or compensation for
- German: wiedergutmachen — to make restitution or compensation for
- German: Indemnität erteilen — to make restitution or compensation for
- German: entschädigen — to make restitution or compensation for
- Hungarian: térít — to make restitution or compensation for
- Hungarian: kárpótol — to make restitution or compensation for
- Hungarian: kártalanít — to make restitution or compensation for
- Irish: cúitigh — to make restitution or compensation for
- Polish: wynagrodzić — to make restitution or compensation for
- Polish: wypłacić odszkodowanie — to make restitution or compensation for
- Portuguese: indenizar — to make restitution or compensation for
- Russian: возмеща́ть (vozmeščátʹ) — to make restitution or compensation for
- Russian: возмести́ть (vozmestítʹ) — to make restitution or compensation for
- Spanish: indemnizar — to make restitution or compensation for
- Spanish: refacer — to make restitution or compensation for
- Turkish: tazmin etmek — to make restitution or compensation for
- Ukrainian: відшкодо́вувати (vidškodóvuvaty) — to make restitution or compensation for
- Ukrainian: відшкодува́ти (vidškoduváty) — to make restitution or compensation for