indemnification

[Eng. indemnify; c connective, and suff. -ation. ] 1. The act of indemnifying, saving harmle , or securing against damage, lo , or penalty; the state of being indemnified. 2. The act of reimbursing or indemnifying for any damage, lo , or penalty incurred. 3. That which indemnifies, saves harmle , or secures against damage, lo , or penalty. in-dem-ni-fy, v. t. [ Lat.indemnis =unharmed, from in- =not and damnum =harm, hurt; Eng. suff. fy (q. v.).] lo , or penalty. 1. To save harmle ; to secure from damage, 2. To reimburse, to compensate, to make good, or to repay, for damage, lo , or penalty incurred. "Indemnifying, at least in part, such native families as had been wrongfully despoiled."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. vi. *3. To keep safe; to save unharmed; to protect. "They will indemnify them from all that shall fall out on this occasion."- Sir W. Temple: To Lord Arlington . In-dem-ni-ty, s . [French indemnité , from Lat. indemnitatem , acc us. of in dem nit as =security from damage; indemnis =unharmed; Sp. indemnidad ; Ital. indemnità .] [INDEMNIFY. 1. Security given to save a person harmle , or to secure him against damage, lo , or penalty, which he may incur. 2. Indemnification or compensation for damage, lo , or penalties incurred. "I will use all means, in the ways of amnesty and indemnity, which may most fully remove all fears and bury all jealousies in forgetfulne ."- Eikon Basilike . Act of Indemnity : Law & Hist .: An Act designed to relieve the Government or any of its officers from penalties when they have been compelled by exceptional circumstances to omit the performance of some duty, or to violate or even to suspend some law. in-de-mon-str a-bil-i-ty, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng , demonstrability (q. v.).] The quality or state of being indemonstrable. in-de-mon-str a-ble, adj . [Lat. in demon str a bilis , from in = not, and dem onst rabi lis = demonstrable (q. v.).] Not demonstrable; that cannot be demonstrated or proved by reasoning. "All of them as indemonstrable as the conclusion to be inferred from them."-Boyle: Works , i. 560.