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• IPA: /ɪnˈdɛmnɪti/
• ハイフネーション: in‧dem‧ni‧ty

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indemnity (countable and uncountable, plural indemnities)

1. Security from damage, loss, or penalty.

   Synonym: indemnification

   Near-synonyms: insurance, assurance

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 101:

     And all this, it will be said, the Duke of Orleans might have prevented by an effective treaty, securing an act of indemnity.

2. (law) An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.

   Synonym: indemnification

   Near-synonyms: liability, responsibility

3. Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.

   Synonym: indemnification

   Near-synonyms: reparations, recompense, recompensation; see also Thesaurus:compensation

   • 1859, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, The Life and Times of Charles James Fox, volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 363:

     It would have been wise to modify rather than revoke the proclamation. But the Allies went further. Now, for the first time, were heard the words of indemnity for the past, and security for the future.

4. (law) The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.

   Synonym: indemnification

   Coordinate term: justice

5. (insurance) 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.

   Synonym: indemnification

   Coordinate terms: parity, proportionality

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