- compensation for loss or damage; reimbursement
- protection or insurance against future loss or damage
- legal exemption from penalties or liabilities incurred through one's acts or defaults
- (in Canada) the salary paid to a member of Parliament or of a legislature
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•dem•ni•ty /ɪnˈdɛmnɪti/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ties.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Business[uncountable] security against damage or loss.
- Business[countable] money as payment for loss sustained.
in•dem•ni•ty
(in dem′ni tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- Businessprotection or security against damage or loss.
- Businesscompensation for damage or loss sustained.
- Businesssomething paid by way of such compensation.
- Businessprotection, as by insurance, from liabilities or penalties incurred by one's actions.
- Lawlegal exemption from penalties attaching to unconstitutional or illegal actions, granted to public officers and other persons.
- Latin indemnitās, equivalent. to indemni(s) without loss (in- in-3 + -demn-, combining form of damn- (stem of damnum loss; see damn) + -is adjective, adjectival suffix) + -tās -ty2
- late Middle English indem(p)nite 1425–75
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indemnity /ɪnˈdɛmnɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)
'indemnity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
compensation
- reparation
- Robinson
- Thiers
- third party
- Wilder
- a and i
- accident
- adjustment
- anti-indemnity
- contract bond
- double indemnity
- indemnification
- indemnify
- indemnitee
- indemnitor
- insure
- loss
- waiting period
- satisfaction
- sessional indemnity