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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McClatchy is compensated as a part of our syndication partnership with TMX.—
Tracy Yochum,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some content creators are compensated, and this also creates problematic incentives in the system.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Residents who stayed at hotels during the evacuation will be reimbursed for the costs, according to the councilman, who said that his office was coordinating compensation with CPS Energy.—
Annasofia Scheve,
San Antonio Express-News,
23 Apr. 2026
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It’s reimbursed by Medicare, yet most people have never heard of it.—
Ken Dychtwald,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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What has followed, a decade plus of stunning hockey played by the most talented hockey player on earth, has satisfied all desires but the most important one.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Long after a clinical decision has set events in motion, a second system activates to verify whether the decision satisfied the rules.—
Holland Haynie,
STAT,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Indemnified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indemnified. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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