indemnifies

Covers another's losses

The verb indemnify means to compensate someone for a loss or injury.

It is most often used in legal contexts or in the language of insurance.

If a policy indemnifies a person, it provides for compensation in case something bad happens.

financial

compensates

Makes up for something

reimburses · recovers · losses · hedge · guarantee · security deposit · escrow · collateral · recoupment · reparation

insurance

policyholder

Owner of insurance contract

underwriter · reimbursement · beneficiary · payout · settlement · restoration · casualty · surety · bonding · actuary

legal

compensates

Makes up for something

secures · reimburses · insures · covers · safeguards · defends · warrants · covenants · liability coverage · indemnitee

Opposites
protection from liability or loss

indemnifiesexposes

Makes visible or known

endangers · jeopardizes · imperils · abandons · compromises

compensation for harm

indemnifiesdamages

Compensation for injury

harms · penalizes · injures · charges · burdens

Family

indemnified, indemnification

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