Synonyms for indemnify
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Verb
1. Compensate
compensate, reimburse, recompense, pay, make good, satisfy, repair, requite, remunerate, repay
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Definitions
- v. 1
To secure against loss or damage; to insure.
The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will indemnify them from all that shall fall out.
Related words
- Word family
- indemnification indemnity
Forms
- Past participle
- indemnified
e.g. indemnified → compensated, reimbursed, recompensed, payed…
Example sentences
- reimburse I'll reimburse you for the damage I did to your car.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| indemnify | steady | |
| reimburse | falling | |
| remunerate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1
- 5 letters
- repay2
- 6 letters
- repair2, insure2
- 7 letters
- satisfy3, requite
- 9 letters
- reimburse3
- 10 letters
- compensate3, recompense3, remunerate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (repay2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dédommager
- Español
- indemnizar
- Deutsch
- ersetzen