assurance vs indemnity

assurance

noun
  • Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. 

  • Subjective certainty of one's salvation. 

  • The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence. 

  • Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. 

  • The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty. 

  • Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity 

  • Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. 

indemnity

noun
  • 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. 

  • An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another. 

  • The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss. 

  • Security from damage, loss, or penalty. 

  • Repayment; compensation for loss or injury. 

How often have the words assurance and indemnity occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )