Definition of "indemnify" []

• To protect against damage, loss, or injury; insure. (verb-transitive)
• To make compensation to for damage, loss, or injury suffered. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Your vote has been counted and is reflected above. confirmed today that it will "indemnify" and "pay" Tiger Woods for any payments necessary to satisfy Elin Woods, "if only Tiger will get back on the tour.""
• "The insurance company settlement is meant to "indemnify" both insureds, the lessor and the lessee."
• "TORONTO—Activist investor Bill Ackman said he will indemnify Hunter Harrison against any losses of his Canadian National Railway Co. pension benefits, hoping to ensure that Mr. Harrison continues to pursue the top job at rival Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd."