'Indemnify' definitions:
Definition of 'indemnify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for; "This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness"
verb
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" [syn: compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify]
Definition of 'Indemnify'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'indemnify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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