English → Latin
“indemnify” in Latin
praestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superdamnumdamage, injury; loss, disadvantage; fine, mulct, penaltyresarciōto patch or mend again; to repair or restorerestituōto replace, restore, reinstate, re-establish; to rebuild, revive; to restitute
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
indemnify
alicui damnum restituere or praestare: for anything, aliquid alicui compensare (aliqua re): to indemnify one’s self, damnum or detrimentum sarcire, resarcire, or restituere: damnum compensare: by anything, aliqua re: damnum suum levare (to lighten one’s loss): sometimes remunerari aliquem praemio (if by a present; ☞ Caes., B.G., 1, 44). To indemnify anybody for the loss of one honor by conferring another upon him, alicui pro honore honos redditus est.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for indemnify?
- The usual Latin words for “indemnify” are praestō, damnum, resarciō; also restituō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.