indemnity

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ɪnˈdɛmnəti/ UK /ɪnˈdɛmnəti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
security or protection against loss, or compensation for it

The insurer paid an indemnity covering the storm damage.

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Synonyms

1 noun · security or protection... compensation insurance securityreimbursementreparation protection

Word family

Derived forms indemnify indemnification

Related forms indemnify indemnification condemn damn

Etymology

From Latin indemnitas ('security from damage'), from indemnis ('unhurt'), from in- ('not') + damnum ('loss, damage'). Entered English via Middle French indemnité.

indemnitas Latin damnum Latin

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# indemnity

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

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

## Examples
- The insurer paid an indemnity covering the storm damage.

## Synonyms
- compensation
- insurance
- security
- reimbursement
- reparation
- protection

## Derived Forms
- indemnify
- indemnification

## Related Forms
- indemnify
- indemnification
- condemn
- damn

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

## Etymology
From Latin indemnitas ('security from damage'), from indemnis ('unhurt'), from in- ('not') + damnum ('loss, damage'). Entered English via Middle French indemnité.

## AI Etymology
indemnity comes from Latin indemnitas ('security from damage'), from indemnis ('unhurt'), from in- ('not') + damnum ('loss, damage'). Entered English via Middle French indemnité. Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the noun sense is "security or protection against loss, or compensation for it", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as indemnify, indemnification, condemn, and damn, and in derivatives such as indemnify and indemnification. Its semantic neighborhood includes compensation, insurance, security, and reimbursement, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin indemnitas and Latin damnum.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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