(noun.) legal exemption from liability for damages.

(noun.) protection against future loss.

手打:莫林

• Now they tell me an act of indemnity ought to pass in favour of the ministry, to secure them from the consequences of having acted illegally. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Hu xley remarked that Pasteur's discoveries alone would suffice to cover the war indemnity of five milliards paid by ) France to Germany in 1871. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• And, in addition, Carthage paid a war indemnity of 3200 talents (?788,000). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She compromised on an augmentation of her territory, twenty million dollars' indemnity in money, and peace. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Her beauty, her pink cheeks and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her, and to purchase indemnity for every fault. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They levied taxes over great areas; they exacted indemnities for real or fancied opposition. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He wanted indemnities to recuperate France, loans, gifts, and tributes to France, glory and homage to France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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