indelicacy
- n the trait of being indelicate and offensive
- n an impolite act or expression
indemnification
- n a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- n an act of compensation for actual loss or damage or for trouble and annoyance
indemnity
- n protection against future loss
- n legal exemption from liability for damages
- n a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
indene
- n a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins
indent
- n an order for goods to be exported or imported
- n the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- v set in from the margin
- v cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
indent the documents - v make a depression into
- v notch the edge of or make jagged
- v bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
an indentured servant
indentation
- n a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- n the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- n the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- n the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
indention
- n the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
indenture
- n a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- n formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
- n a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
- n the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- v bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
an indentured servant
independence
- n freedom from control or influence of another or others
- n the successful ending of the American Revolution
they maintained close relations with England even after independence - n a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
independence hall
- n the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed
independency
- n freedom from control or influence of another or others
independent agency
- n an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments
independent clause
- n a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
independent state of papua new guinea
- n a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations