as in compensated
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury
the company generously indemnifies workers who are injured on the job
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Recent Examples of indemnified
The judgement, if accepted, would declare that Guyger - as a Dallas city employee - was indemnified for liability under the city's employee liability plan and thus force the city to compensate them.
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Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
The service stopped in September when it was discovered the village was no longer insured or indemnified by Pace.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
The service stopped in September when it was discovered the village was no longer insured or indemnified by Pace.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indemnified
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Intermediaries directly connected to, and in at least one case compensated by, Musk have circulated dozens of pages of detailed opposition research about Altman.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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McClatchy is compensated as a part of our syndication partnership with TMX.—
Tracy Yochum,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some businesses don’t allow truck parking during the day but moonlight as a parking area after hours to make money off the truckers, 78% of whom aren’t reimbursed for their parking costs.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Communities plan and pay for those projects up front and then are reimbursed by FEMA.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But those moves have not satisfied those in Israel intent on full occupation of southern Lebanon.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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The president satisfied his own ego, displaying no patience, as other bloodthirsty warlords throughout history.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Indemnified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indemnified. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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