different between indemnity vs amends

English

Etymology

From late Middle English indempnite, from Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemnitas (“security from damage”), from Latin indemnis (“undamaged”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“damage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?mn?ti/
• Hyphenation: in?dem?ni?ty

Noun

indemnity (countable and uncountable, plural indemnities)

1. Security from damage, loss, or penalty.
2. (law) An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
3. Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.
4. (law) The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
5. (insurance) A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.

Related terms

• indemnify
• damage

Translations

See also

• double indemnity

English

Etymology

From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m?nds/

Noun

amends

1. plural of amend

Noun

amends

1. Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.

Usage notes

• Many consider amends a plural-only noun, but historically and in some current usage the singular appears.
• Most commonly found in to make amends.

Synonyms

• (compensation): reparation, redress, restitution, indemnity

Translations

Verb

amends

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amend

References

• amends at OneLook Dictionary Search
• amends in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Amsden, Edmans, demans, desman, menads