Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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indemnity \in-DEM-ni-tee\, noun:
indemnity \in-DEM-ni-tee\, noun:
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1. Protection or security against damage or loss.
1. Protection or security against damage or loss.
2. Compensation for damage or loss sustained.
3. Something paid by way of such compensation.
4. Legal exemption from penalties attaching to unconstitutional or illegal actions, granted to public officers and other persons.
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The B.O. wants to provide indemnity for all the illegal aliens that cross our borders, but he won't do the same for our citizens that are being attacked by those same illegal aliens!
Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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One of the roots of indemnity, the Middle English damnum, "loss", relates to the modern verb damn.
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