In-dēm'ni-ty, n.
n. [Fr. indemnité, Sp. indemnidad, It. indennità, Lat. indemnitas, from indemnis, uninjured, from prefix in, not, and damnum, hurt, damage, loss.]
Sense 1. Security to save harmless; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; security from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses.
Having first obtained a promise of indemnity for the riot they had committed. W. Scott.
☞ Insurance is a contract of indemnity. Arnould. Phillips. The owner of private property taken for public use is entitled to compensation or indemnity. Shaw. Kent.
Sense 2. Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.
They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrative indemnity for their pretended wrongs. Ld. Mahon.