Indemnity
[ɪn'demnɪtɪ] or [ɪn'dɛmnəti]
Definition
(noun.) legal exemption from liability for damages.
(noun.) protection against future loss.
Editor: Maureen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.
(n.) Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.
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Examples
- Now they tell me an act of indemnity ought to pass in favour of the ministry, to secure them from the consequences of having acted illegally. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Hu xley remarked that Pasteur's discoveries alone would suffice to cover the war indemnity of five milliards paid by ) France to Germany in 1871. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And, in addition, Carthage paid a war indemnity of 3200 talents (?788,000). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She compromised on an augmentation of her territory, twenty million dollars' indemnity in money, and peace. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her beauty, her pink cheeks and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her, and to purchase indemnity for every fault. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They levied taxes over great areas; they exacted indemnities for real or fancied opposition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He wanted indemnities to recuperate France, loans, gifts, and tributes to France, glory and homage to France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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