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indemnification

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in·dem·ni·fi·ca·tion  (n-dmn-f-kshn)
n.
1.
a. The act of indemnifying.
b. The condition of being indemnified.
2. Something that indemnifies; a compensation for loss.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.indemnificationindemnification - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
amends, damages, redress, restitution, indemnity
compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
relief - (law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?"
actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages - (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
nominal damages - (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract)
exemplary damages, punitive damages, smart money - (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
atonement, expiation, satisfaction - compensation for a wrong; "we were unable to get satisfaction from the local store"
2.indemnification - an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance
recompense, compensation - the act of compensating for service or loss or injury


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She owes me certainly a recompense for all I did for Anne of Austria, and an indemnification for all she has not done for me.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
He added that the sum would have been left her all the same in his will, and that therefore she must not consider the gift as in any way an indemnification to her for anything, but that there was no reason, after all, why a man should not be allowed to entertain a natural desire to lighten his conscience, etc.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Our Order soon adopted bolder and wider views, and found out a better indemnification for our sacrifices.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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