Indemnity

  

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Indemnity

Definitions: Indemnity

Indemnity

Noun

1. Protection against future loss.

2. Legal exemption from liability for damages.

3. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "indemnity" was first used: 1444. (references)

 

Specialty Definitions: Indemnity

DomainDefinitions

Economics

1. A compensation to make a person whole from a loss already sustained. 2. A contract or assurance by which one engages to secure another against an anticipated loss. (references)

Finance

(1) payment for damage, a guarantee against losses. (2) a bond protecting the insured against losses caused by others failing to fulfill their obligations. (3) the granting of exemption from prosecution. (4) an option to buy or sell a specific quantity of stock at a stated price within a given period of time. (references)

Law

A protection against actual loss or damage as a result of the matter mentioned. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Indemnity

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Indemnity is generally a payment for damages done. For example, after wars, the losers have sometimes been required to pay indemnities. An insurance payout is often called an indemnity, or it can be insurance to avoid paying expenses in case of a lawsuit.

In pre-biblical times, most societies allowed for non-equal indeminity; a person who was only injured was often allowed to kill the person responsible in revenge. This was true of many near-eastern and middle-eastern societies.

A innovation occurred with the development of the Hebrew Bible ("Old Testament") which put a limit on indemnity; in the Biblical view a maximum limit was applied with the phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." In later centuries this was anachronistically read by non-Jews as a promotion of equal physical indeminity, while many Jews and Bible scholars hold that in its original context its function was to limit such actions.

(To be discussed: Indemnity in English common law, American law, European law, etc.)

Indemnity in the Unification Church

In the Unification Church, indemnity is a theological term involved in the absolution of sin.

Usually, a sinner may pay "lesser indemnity" by performing an act of contrition. A secular counterpart to lesser indemnity would be if a child broke a neighbor's window, and the neighbor accepted the child's apology as settling the matter.

On a few exceptional occasions, God required "greater indemnity", as when he required the Israelites to wander 40 years in the desert after 10 of the 12 spies sent to Canaan reported faithlessly, "a year for every day". To do: provide scriptural reference.

According to unofficial notes by an audience member, Reverend Moon said:

"Through the principle of indemnity Hitler killed 6 million Jews." [1]
This would seem to imply that the Holocaust (murder of six million Jews by the Nazis) served as indemnity for their responsibility for the death of Jesus (see Unification Church and anti-Semitism)

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Indemnity."

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Synonyms: Indemnity

Synonyms: amends (n), damages (n), indemnification (n), insurance (n), redress (n), restitution (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Indemnity

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Compensation

Set-off, offset; make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast; indemnity, equivalent, quid pro,quo; bribe, hush money; amends; (atonement); counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand.

Forgiveness

Excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation; (acquittal).

Reward

Indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation; reparation, redress, satisfaction; reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop; atonement, retribution; consideration, return, quid pro quo.

Security

Recognizance; deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Indemnity

English words defined with "indemnity": Indemnities. (references)
Specialty definitions using "indemnity": Actual Production History, advanced callBank Guarantee, Bid Bond, Bond of Indemnity, Bond SystemGroup Risk ProtectionIn Bond, In Bond Shipment, Indemnity Bond, Indemnity paymentLetter of Indemnitymissing beneficiaries indemnityP&I, Prevented planting acreageRevenue insuranceSteamship IndemnityTrust Receipt. (references)

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Modern Usage: Indemnity

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Hello? Ah, Mr. Victim, yes, I'm glad to say I've got the go-ahead to lend you the money you require, yes. Uh, we will, of course, need as security the deeds to your house, of your aunt's house, of your second cousin's house, of your wife's parents' house, and of your granny's bungalow -- and we will, in addition, need a controlling interest in your new company, uh, unrestricted access to your private bank account, the deposit into our vaults of your three children as hostages, and a full legal indemnity against any acts of embezzlement carried out by any members of our staff during the normal course of their duties. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

Movie/TV Titles

Double Indemnity (1973)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Indemnity

DomainTitle

References

  • Erie Indemnity Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • AMERICAN INDEMNITY FINANCIAL CORP.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • Double Indemnity (Bfi Film Classics) (reference)

  • Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (reference)

  • ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • Indemnity Only (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Recent Titles In Law For The Subject Specialist : Torts Liability And Indemnity (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Indemnity

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

He added that an indemnity was due him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Indemnity

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Australia

However, there is no precedent for required indemnity payments in Australian law. (references)

Morocco

Workers dismissed for cause still receive an indemnity based on years of service. (references)

France

This indemnity is based on the size and importance of the clientele created by the statutory representative. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

The Government paid Ernesto Rafael Castillo Paez's family $245,000 in indemnity in accordance with the Inter-American Human Rights Court's order. (references)

Saudi Arabia

In the case of wrongful death, the amount of indemnity or "blood money" awarded to relatives varies with the nationality, religion, age, and sex of the victim. (references)

Mauritania

In addition in awarding an indemnity to the family of a woman who has been killed, the courts grant only half the amount that they would award for a man's death. (references)

Political Economy

PARAGUAY

If the relationship is ended without just cause, the foreign company must pay an indemnity. (references)

BANGLADESH

The import of capital machinery by export-oriented industries was made duty-free with indemnity bonds. (references)

Trade

Pakistan

The authorization under this category is subject to the condition that an Indemnity Bond equal to the value of goods imported will be submitted to the Customs for the re-export of these items at the time of release of consignment. (references)

Worker Rights

Belgium

Employers found guilty of antiunion discrimination are required to reinstate workers fired for union activities or to pay an indemnity; however, payment of the indemnity reportedly has become much more common than reinstatement. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Indemnity

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825By this provision the claims of our citizens who had sustained so great a loss by spoliations, and from whom indemnity had been so long withheld, were promptly paid.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829Among the nations upon whose Governments many of our fellow citizens have had long-pending claims of indemnity for depredations upon their property during a period when the rights of neutral commerce were disregarded was that of Denmark.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Hence have arisen claims of indemnity for those injuries.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Indemnity

"Indemnity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Indemnity" is used about 569 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.82%56811,086
Noun (proper)0.18%1339,140
                    Total100.00%569N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Indemnity

CountryNameCountryName
United Kingdom

Auto Indemnity Group Plc.

USA

Erie Indemnity Company

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Indemnity

Expressions using "indemnity": Act of indemnity covenant of indemnity deed of indemnity fire indemnity indemnity against liability indemnity bond indemnity insurance indemnity payment letter of indemnity missing beneficiaries indemnity war indemnity. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "indemnity": counter-indemnity.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Indemnity

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

double indemnity

67

american contractor indemnity

10

indemnity

57

financial indemnity co

9

first indemnity trenton

33

protection and indemnity

9

financial indemnity

29

financial indemnity insurance

9

traveler indemnity

20

indemnity plan

9

indemnity insurance

18

indemnity bond

9

indemnity agreement

18

professional indemnity

9

company indemnity traveler

18

executive indemnity risk

8

american company contractor indemnity

17

dental indemnity insurance

8

financial indemnity company

17

co first indemnity trenton

8

indemnity republic

17

indemnity security

8

professional indemnity insurance

16

indemnity interstate

8

national indemnity

14

indemnity clause

8

letter of indemnity

13

capital indemnity

7

company first indemnity trenton

12

company indemnity national

7

fremont indemnity

11

capitol corporation indemnity

6

dental indemnity plan

11

central indemnity state

6

capitol indemnity

10

professional indemnity agency

6

hampshire indemnity new

10

connecticut indemnity

6

hospital indemnity insurance

10

indemnity northbrook

6
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Modern Translations: Indemnity

Language Translations for "indemnity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zhdëmtim (compensation, indemnification), sigurim (ascertainment, cover, coverage, floater, insurance, procuration, procurement, reassurance, reversion, safeguard, safety, security), dëmshpërblim (damage, indemnification, recoupment, restitution). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تعويض (amends, atonement, indemnification, quid pro quo, recompense, remuneration, reparation, repayment, restitution), ‏عوض (atone, make, make amends, make up, make up for, offset, recompense, recoup, recuperate, redeem, reimburse, remunerate, requital, restore, retrieve, satisfy, setoff, substitute), ‏ضمانة (guaranty, pledget, security, sponsor, surety), ‏دفع عن الأضرار. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

контрибуция (contribution), компенсация (amends, atonement, compensation, indemnification, offset, pay, recompense, recoupment, reprisal, requital, restitution, set off), освобождаване от отговорност (acquittal), осигуреност (certainty), обезщетеност, обезщетение (amends, come back, compensation, cover, damages, indemnification, offset, recompense, recoupment, redress, reparation, satisfaction, solatium). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

"偿 (Amends, Compensatory, Indemnities, redress, reparation). (various references)

   

Czech

  

beztrestnost (impunity). (various references)

   

Danish

  

skadeserstatning (accident insurance claim, consequential damage, damages), kompensation (compensation, indemnification, neutralisation, neutralization), erstatning (compensation, fallback, recompense for damage, substitution). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schadevergoeding (consequential damage, damages, recompense for damage, redress for damages to tangible property), schaden en interessen (consequential damage, damages), schadeloosstelling (compensation, consequential damage, damages). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

غرامت (Damage, Fine, Repayment), تاوان (Fine, Penalty, Reparation), صدمه (Concussion, Disservice, Harm, Hurt, Injury, Maim, Scathe, Shock), جبران زیان , بخشودگی (Immunity, Impunity). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vahingonkorvaus (compensation, consequential damage, damages, indemnification). (various references)

   

French

  

indemnité (indemnification), indemnisation (indemnification). (various references)

   

German

  

schadenersatz (amends, compensation, consequential damage, damage, damages, indemnification, recompense for damage, restitution), entschädigung (allowance, amends, compensation, indemnification, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, restitution, reward). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αποζημίωση (allocation, allowance, amends, benefit, bonus, compensation, compensation for, consequential damage, damages, indemnification, pay, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, restitution). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תשלום זק, פצוי (compensation, damages, indemnification, offset, pacification), בשת (disgrace, pudenda, shame), רפוי (cure, flabby, healing, limp, limping, loose, medication, relaxed, slack, therapy), זק (damage, detriment, harm, injury, loss, maleficence, noisomemess). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kártérítés (compensation, damages, recompense, recovery, relief, restitution), jótállás (assurance, bail, guaranty, security, surety, warrant, warranty). (various references)

   

Italian

  

indennit (allocation, allowance, benefit, bonus, claim, compensation, expense). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(compensation, reparations), 弁償 (compensation, next word, reimbursement, reparation), 償い (atonement, recompense). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

べ"しょうき" (compensation, reimbursement, reparation), べ"しょう (compensation, demonstration, next word, proof, reimbursement, reparation), ばいしょう (compensation, reparations), つぐない (atonement, recompense), ほうしょう (bonus, bounty, compensation, medal, Minister of Justice, prize, Ratnasambhava, reparation, reward, singing, The Jewel-born). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

보상 (Compensating, Compensatory, Indemnifying, Indemnities, reimbursement, rewarding, Righting). (various references)

   

Manx

  

urrys, aa-eeck (reimburse, reimbursement). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

skadeserstatning, dekning (hiding). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

indemnityay

   

Portuguese

  

isenção legal, indenização (amends, atonement, breakage, damage, forfeit, indemnification, quittance, recompense, recoupment, recovery, repair, reparation, restitution, smartmoney), indemnização por perdas e danos (consequential damage, damages), segurar (assure, attach, bolster, clamp, cling, clip, entablature, grapple, guy, hang onto, hitch, hold, hold back inflation, insure, insurer, pillbox, pin, secure, seize, sustain, take, take up, underset, unrein, uphold), segurança (assuredness, certainty, coverage, dependability, dependence, dependency, reliability, safety, salvation, security, self-assurance, shelter), ressarcimento (repayment), reparação (amends, atonement, blocking, indemnify, mending, overhauling, propitiation, quittance, recompense, reconditioning, recoupment, recovery, redress, refit, refitment, remedy, renewal, repair, reparation, restitution, satisfaction), compensação (amends, attitude control, clearing, compensation, consideration, equalisation, equalization, indemnification, normal makeup, quid pro quo, quittance, ransom, recompense, redress, remuneration, reparation, springing, trimming). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

indemnizaţie (compensation), imunitate (immunity), despãgubire (amends, compensation, consideration, indemnification, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remedy, remuneration, reparation, restitution, retrieval, satisfaction, set off, vindictive damages), compensaţie (amends, compensation, damage, drawback, indemnification, offset, quittance, redress, remedy, requital, restitution, retrieval, set off), asigurare (assurance, ensuring, faith, insurance, provision, reassurance). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

возмещение (atonement, compensation, indemnification, offset, quittance, recoupment, recovery, redress, refund, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, solatium). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

osiguranje (insurance, screen), odšteta (amends, compensation), obeštećenje (compensation, indemnification, redress, remuneration, reparation, solatium), naknada (recompense, reimbursement, requital, wage). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

indemnización (allocation, allowance, bonus, compensation, compensation for accidents when on duty or occupational diseases, indemnification, recoupment, reparation, reparations). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skadestånd (compensation, consequential damage, damages), gottgörelse (allowance, amenda, amends, atonement, compensation, credit, indemnification, payment, recopense, redress, reparation, satisfaction). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ค่าปรับ (fine). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zarar ödemesi, teminât (assurance, bail, caution, caution money, deposit, down payment, earnest, Gage, guarantee, hostage, indemnification, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant), tazminat (amends, award, compensation, damages, guerdon, indemnification, recompense, redress, reparations, return), tazmin (compensation, recovery, restitution), koruma (aegis, asylum, auspices, bodyguard, conservancy, conservation, convoy, covering, custody, defending, defense, escort, Favor, favour, guard, guarding, keeping, lifeguard, maintenance, patronage, preservation, protection, protective, retention, safeguard, safekeeping, shade, shadow, shield, tutelage, umbrella), güvence (assurance, guarantee, guaranty, indemnification, reassurance, security, surety), cezasını affetme. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

контрибуція (contribution), гарантія від збитків, відшкодування (amends, consideration, offset, quittance, recovery, redress, refund, reimbursement, repayment, restitution). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Indemnity

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

indemnis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Indemnity

Misspellings

"Indemnity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: endemnity, idemnity, indeminity, indemity, indemnit, inemnity. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Indemnity"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "indemnity" (pronounced i'nde"mnutē)
6-e" m n u t ēsolemnity.
4-n u t ēaffinity, alkalinity, amenity, community, dignity, disunity, divinity, eternity, femininity, fraternity, humanity, immunity, impunity, indignity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, maternity, modernity, obscenity, opportunity, paternity, profanity, salinity, sanity, serenity, Trinity, unity, vanity, vicinity, virginity.
3-u t ēability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Indemnity

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-m-n-n-t-y"

-2 letters: nimiety.

-3 letters: dentin, dimity, dynein, enmity, indent, indite, intend, intime, intine, minted, ninety, tineid, tinmen, tinned.

-4 letters: deity, demit, denim, imide, imine, indie, inned, medii, meiny, mined, minny, minty, nitid, teiid, teind, timed, timid, tined, tinny, tyned.

-5 letters: demy, deni, dent, deny, diet, dime, dine, dint, dite, dyne, edit, emit, emyd, idem, imid, inti.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-m-n-n-t-y"
 

+4 letters: demyelinating, demyelination, indeterminacy.

 

+5 letters: demyelinations, dimenhydrinate, dimensionality, indeterminably, misidentifying.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Indemnity


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 64 65 6D 6E 69 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101101 01101110 01101001 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#100 &#101 &#109 &#110 &#105 &#116 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0064 0065 006D 006E 0069 0074 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

438070717980758691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Company Usage
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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