indemnify

Verb

Meaning

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.

To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

repair compensate recompense return square cover pay protect correct balance secure compensation offset satisfy guarantee
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Antonyms

blight cripple damage destroy harm abuse
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Hypernyms

cover pay insure underwrite

Hyponyms

give

Derivatives

indemnified indemnifying

Examples

Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition. Ralph Waldo Emerson

One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich Source: Internet

She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident Source: Internet

This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness Source: Internet

Further, some leases I have seen have required not only an adult supervisor but provided that the supervisor would be liable for any injury and would indemnify the landowner. Source: Internet

Commissioners suggested the KRRC could indemnify PacifiCorp ratepayers against project cost overruns, according to the report. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

indemnificatory indemnified indemnifier indemnitee indemnitor indemnity