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indemnity

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in·dem·ni·ty  (n-dmn-t)
n. pl. in·dem·ni·ties
1. Security against damage, loss, or injury.
2. A legal exemption from liability for damages.
3. Compensation for damage, loss, or injury suffered. See Synonyms at reparation.

[Middle English indempnite, from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin indemnits, from Latin indemnis, uninjured; see indemnify.]

indemnity
Noun
pl -ties
1. insurance against loss or damage
2. compensation for loss or damage
3. legal exemption from penalties incurred [Latin in- not + damnum damage]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.indemnityindemnity - protection against future loss      
shelter, protection - the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"
2.indemnity - legal exemption from liability for damages
exemption, freedom - immunity from an obligation or duty
3.indemnityindemnity - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
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"

indemnity
Translations
indemnity [ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ] n (= insurance) → indemnidad f (= compensation); indemnización f
indemnity [ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ] n (= insurance) → assurance f, garantie f (= compensation); indemnité f
indemnity [ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ] n (insurance) → Versicherung f;
(compensation) → Entschädigung f
indemnity [ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ] n (= insurance) → assicurazione f (= compensation); indennità, indennizzo


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Russia and England between them can pay an indemnity which will make Germany rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
This indemnity amounted to the pretty little sum of twenty- five thousand francs.
On his arrival, as an indemnity for alleged insults offered to the flag of his country, he demanded some twenty or thirty thousand dollars to be placed in his hands forthwith, and in default of payment, threatened to land and take possession of the place.
 
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