indemnity

Noun

Meaning

Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.

Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

damages redress restitution indemnification security protection settlement insurance payment compensation guarantee reimbursement amends recompense coverage
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Antonyms

cost prevention opposition bar penalty expense
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Hypernyms

protection freedom compensation shelter exemption

Hyponyms

relief satisfaction atonement expiation smart money punitive damages

Phrases with the word

covenant of indemnity indemnity insurance

Derivatives

indemnities

Examples

Indemnity for the past and security for the future. Bertrand Russell

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Above the primary insurance or self-insured retention, the insured may have one or more layers of excess insurance to provide coverage additional limits of indemnity protection. Source: Internet

About this time the Persians made a semi-secret agreement to remain neutral in exchange for the cancellation of the indemnity from the previous war. Source: Internet

Accordingly, life insurance is generally not considered to be indemnity insurance, but rather "contingent" insurance (i. Source: Internet

After some internal dispute—Blaine wanted conciliation with Italy, Harrison was reluctant to admit fault—the United States agreed to pay an indemnity of $25,000, and normal diplomatic relations resumed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

indemnify indemnitee indemnitor indemnity insurance indemonstrability indemonstrable