Indemnify

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Indemnified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indemnifying .]
	1.	To save harmless; 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. - Sir W. Temple.
	2.	To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.

Verb	1.	indemnify - secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for; "This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness"
	2.	indemnify - make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" Synonyms: recompense, repair, compensate

atone, compensate, cover, do penance, expiate, fee, fill up, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, guerdon, make amends, make compensation, make good, make reparation, make requital, make restitution, make retribution, make up for, pay, pay back, pay by installments, pay damages, pay off, pay on, prepay, quit, recompense, rectify, redress, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, retaliate, reward, salary, satisfy, set right, square, tender

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