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Indemnity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Security against damage, loss, or injury.

n. A legal exemption from liability for damages.

n. Compensation for damage, loss, or injury suffered. See Synonyms at reparation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. an obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.

n. repayment

n. the right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.

n. 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.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Security given against or exemption granted from damage, loss, injury, or punishment.

n. Indemnification; compensation for loss, damage, or injury sustained; reimbursement.

n. In law, that which is given to a person who has assumed or is about to assume a responsibility at the request or for the benefit of another, in order to make good to him any loss or liability which has or may come upon him by so doing.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. legal exemption from liability for damages

n. protection against future loss

n. a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

Word Usage

"Venturelaw Blogspot (via good post by rick segal): In a financing, some VCs argue that it is not enough to rely on contractual remedies or to a receive an indemnity from the Company."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

exemption freedom protection shelter

Cross Reference

bond of indemnity act of indemnity double indemnity indemnify

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

security insurance amnesty

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

solemnity

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

indemnification reparation compensation restitution remuneration