Legal Definition and Related Resources of Indemnify
Meaning of Indemnify
To save harmless; to secure against future loss or damage ; to make up for what is past; to make good; to reimburse . Also, to compensate for loss or injury ; to remunerate. The word has thus two meanings, one that of giving security and secondly of compensating for actual damage. See New York Cent. R. Co. v general Motors Corp., (D.C. Ohio) 182 F. Supp. 273.
Indemnify Alternative Definition
To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to make good; to put one in the situation he was in before sustaining a loss.
Indemnify Legal Definition
To compensate someone for a loss.
Synonyms of Indemnify
verb
- answer for
- compensate
- compensate for injury
- compensate for loss
- compensate for loss sustained
- damnum restituere
- damnum sarcire
- give back
- give satisfaction
- grant monetary compensation
- guarantee
- insure
- make good
- make good against anticipated loss
- make reparation
- make restitution
- make up
- offer compensation
- offer reparation
- offer satisfaction
- pay
- pay back
- pay compensation
- pay reparations
- recompense
- recompenseforpastlossredeem
- refundreimurse
- remunerate
- repay
- requite
- restore
- return money paid out
- save harmless
- secure against damage
- secure against loss Associated Concepts: subrogate
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English Spanish Translation of Indemnify
To indemnify and hold harmless: Librar de responsabilidad
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