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noun
Security from damage, loss, or penalty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: indemnification, insurance, assurance
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
Synonyms: indemnification, liability, responsibility
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: indemnification, reparations, recompense, recompensation, amends, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnity, mends, quittal, redress, relief, remuneration, reparation, requital, requite, restitution, satisfaction
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: indemnification
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, insurance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: indemnification
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: damages, amends, indemnification, restitution, redress
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compensation
Narrower terms: relief, actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages, nominal damages, punitive damages, exemplary damages, smart money, atonement, expiation, satisfaction
noun
legal exemption from liability for damages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exemption, freedom
noun
protection against future loss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: insurance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protection, shelter
History
From late Middle English indempnite, from Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemnitās (“security from damage”), from Latin indemnis (“undamaged”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“damage”).
Across languages
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
