Indemnify

Verb

 * 1) To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
 * 2) * 1670, Sir William Temple, letter to Lord Arlington, in The Works of Sir William Temple, page 101:
 * The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out.
 * 1)  To compensate or reimburse someone for some expense or injury
 * 2) * 1906, Civil Code of the State of California, page 405:
 * The lender of a thing for use must indemnify the borrower for damage caused by defects or vices in it, which he knew at the time of lending, and concealed from the borrower.

Derived terms

 * indemnifiable
 * indemnification
 * indemnifier

Related terms

 * indemnity

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

Etymology
From indemnis:, from in-: + damnum:. Compare damn, damnify.

Translations

 * Dutch: indekken,
 * Finnish:
 * German: sicherstellen
 * Hungarian: biztosít, fedez
 * Polish: ubezpieczyć, zabezpieczyć


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: страховать
 * Turkish: (birinin zararına) kefil olmak, dokunulmazlık vermek, korumak, temînat vermek


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: schadlos halten, wiedergutmachen, Indemnität erteilen
 * Hungarian: térít, kárpótol


 * Polish: wynagrodzić, wypłacić odszkodowanie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: возмещать
 * Turkish: tazmin etmek