indemnity
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indemnity
- /ɪnˈdɛmnɪti/
Where it comes from
From late Middle English indempnite, from Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemnitās (“security from damage”), from Latin indemnis (“undamaged”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“damage”).
noun indemnities
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Security from damage, loss, or penalty.
Near-synonyms: insurance, assurance
Similar: indemnification, insurance, assurance
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An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
Near-synonyms: liability, responsibility
Similar: indemnification, liability, responsibility
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Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.
Near-synonyms: reparations, recompense, recompensation; see also Thesaurus:compensation
Similar: indemnification, reparations, recompense, recompensation, amends, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnity, mends, quittal
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The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
Similar: indemnification
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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.
Similar: indemnification
Translations
Every language
noun obligation or duty
| Português | indenidade |
|---|---|
| Français | garantie |
noun repayment
| 中文 | 賠款 /赔款 péikuǎn |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | क्षतिपूर्ति kṣatipūrti |
| Português | indenização, indenidade |
| Français | indemnité |
| Deutsch | Erstattung, Rückzahlung, Kompensation |
| Русский | компенса́ция kompensácija, возмеще́ние vozmeščénije, вы́плата výplata, контрибу́ция kontribúcija |
noun right
| Русский | гара́нтия от убы́тков garántija ot ubýtkov, гара́нтия от поте́рь garántija ot potérʹ, индемните́т indɛmnitét, индемните́т indemnitét, освобожде́ние osvoboždénije |
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noun insurance: principle
| Español | indemnidad |
|---|---|
| Français | compensation |
| Deutsch | Schadloshaltung, Indemnität |
| Русский | индемните́т indemnitét |
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title = {indemnity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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