Part 5741

<hw>In*del"i*ca*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Indelicacies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[From <er>Indelicate</er>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being indelicate; want of delicacy, or of a nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness; also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of mind.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>indelicacy</b> of English comedy. <i>Blair.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Your papers would be chargeable with worse than <b>indelicacy</b>; they would be immoral. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indelicate</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*del"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>delicate</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ind\'82licat</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; <as>as, an <ex>indelicate</ex> word or suggestion; <ex>indelicate</ex> behavior</as>.</def> <i>Macaulay</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In*del"i*cate*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<syn>Syn. -- Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad; impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper; unchaste; impure; unrefined.</syn>

<h1>Indemnification</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*dem`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalty; the state of being indemnified.</def>

<blockquote><b>Indemnification</b> is capable of some estimate; dignity has no standard. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which indemnifies.</def>

<blockquote>No reward with the name of an <b>indemnification</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indemnify</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*dem"ni*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Indemnified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Indemnifying</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>indemnis</ets> unhurt (in- not + <ets>damnum</ets> hurt, damage) + <ets>-fy</ets>. Cf. <er>Damn</er>, <er>Damnify</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.</def>

<blockquote>The states must at last engage to the merchants here that they will <b>indemnify</b> them from all that shall fall out. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make restitution or compensation for, as for that which is lost; to make whole; to reimburse; to compensate.</def>

<i>Beattie.</i>

<h1>Indemnity</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In*dem"ni*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Indemnities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>indemnitas</ets>, fr. <ets>indemnis</ets> uninjured: cf. F. <ets>indemnit\'82</ets>. See <er>Indemnify</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Security; insurance; exemption from loss or damage, past or to come; immunity from penalty, or the punishment of past offenses; amnesty.</def>

<blockquote>Having first obtained a promise of <b>indemnity</b> for the riot they had committed. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Indemnification, compensation, or remuneration for loss, damage, or injury sustained.</def>

<blockquote>They were told to expect, upon the fall of Walpole, a large and lucrative <b>indemnity</b> for their pretended wrongs. <i>Ld. Mahon.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Insurance is a contract of <i>indemnity</i>. <i>Arnould</i>. The owner of private property taken for public use is entitled to compensation or <i>indemnity</i>.</note>

<i>Kent.</i>

<cs><col>Act of indemnity</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an act or law passed in order to relieve persons, especially in an official station, from some penalty to which they are liable in consequence of acting illegally, or, in case of ministers, in consequence of exceeding the limits of their strict constitutional powers. These acts also sometimes provide compensation for losses or damage, either incurred in the service of the government, or resulting from some public measure.</cd></cs>

<h1>Indemonstrability</h1> <Xpage=750>

<hw>In`de*mon`stra*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being indemonstrable.</def>