All 3 Uses of
indemnify
in
The Idiot
- He added that the sum would have been left her all the same in his will, and that therefore she must not consider the gift as in any way an indemnification to her for anything, but that there was no reason, after all, why a man should not be allowed to entertain a natural desire to lighten his conscience, etc., etc.; in fact, all that would naturally be said under the circumstances.†
Chpt 1.4indemnification = protection against future loss
- If she accepted this money it was not to be considered as indemnification for her misfortune as a young girl, which had not been in any degree her own fault, but merely as compensation for her ruined life.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- If you admit it (which we take for granted), do you intend, now that you are a millionaire, and do you not think it in conformity with justice, to indemnify Burdovsky?†
Chpt 2.8
Definition:
to protect someone from loss or to compensate them for harm or damage