Meaning of INDEMNIFICATION
| Pronunciation: | | in`demnufu'keyshun
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- [n] an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance
- [n] a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
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| | Synonyms: | | amends, damages, indemnity, redress, restitution |
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| | See Also: | | actual damages, atonement, compensation, compensation, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, expiation, general damages, nominal damages, punitive damages, recompense, relief, satisfaction, smart money | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*dem`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or
securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement
of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being
indemnified.
Indemnification is capable of some estimate; dignity
has no standard. --Burke.
2. That which indemnifies.
No reward with the name of an indemnification. --De
Quincey.
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| | Related Terms: | | amends, atonement, balancing, blood money, commutation, compensation, composition, compromise, consideration, counteraction, counterbalancing, damages, expiation, expiatory offering, guerdon, honorarium, indemnity, lex talionis, making amends, making good, making right, making up, meed, offsetting, paying back, peace offering, piaculum, price, propitiation, quittance, reclamation, recompense, rectification, redemption, redress, refund, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, requitement, restitution, retaliation, retribution, return, revenge, reward, salvage, satisfaction, smart money, solatium, squaring, substitution, wergild |
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