indemnify
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Britannica Dictionary definition of INDEMNIFY
[+ object]
law
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to protect (someone) by promising to pay for the cost of possible future damage, loss, or injury
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The policy indemnifies [=insures] you against/for any losses caused by fire. [=the policy promises that if fire destroys things that you own, you will be given money to buy new things]
2
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to give (someone) money or another kind of payment for some damage, loss, or injury
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He was required to indemnify [=compensate] his neighbor for the damage he caused.
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indemnification for loss/damages
