indemnification

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ɪnˌdɛmnəfəˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ɪnˌdɛmnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
compensation for loss or harm, or security against it

The contract guaranteed indemnification for any defects in the work.

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Synonyms

1 noun · compensation for loss or... compensationreimbursementreparation indemnity restitution recompense

Word family

Related forms indemnify indemnityindemn

Etymology

From indemnify + -ation; indemnify from Latin indemnis ('unhurt, free from loss'), from in- ('not') + damnum ('loss, damage').

indemnis Latin damnum Latin

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# indemnification

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˌdɛmnəfəˈkeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˌdɛmnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. compensation for loss or harm, or security against it

## Examples
- The contract guaranteed indemnification for any defects in the work.

## Synonyms
- compensation
- reimbursement
- reparation
- indemnity
- restitution
- recompense

## Related Forms
- indemnify
- indemnity
- indemn

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: indemnis
- Root: damnum

## Etymology
From indemnify + -ation; indemnify from Latin indemnis ('unhurt, free from loss'), from in- ('not') + damnum ('loss, damage').

## AI Etymology
indemnification comes from indemnify + -ation; indemnify from Latin indemnis ('unhurt, free from loss'), from in- ('not') + damnum ('loss, damage'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "compensation for loss or harm, or security against it", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as indemnify, indemnity, and indemn. Its semantic neighborhood includes compensation, reimbursement, reparation, and indemnity, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin indemnis and Latin damnum.

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- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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