INDEMNIFICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("indemnification" is a kind of...):

compensation; recompense (the act of compensating for service or loss or injury)

Derivation:

indemnify (make amends for; pay compensation for)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

Synonyms:

amends; damages; indemnification; indemnity; redress; restitution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("indemnification" is a kind of...):

compensation (something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "indemnification"):

relief ((law) redress awarded by a court)

actual damages; compensatory damages; general damages ((law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated)

nominal damages ((law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract))

exemplary damages; punitive damages; smart money ((law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct))

atonement; expiation; satisfaction (compensation for a wrong)