indemnity vs recompense

indemnity

noun
  • Repayment; compensation for loss or injury. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

recompense

noun
  • An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital. 

  • That which compensates for an injury, or other type of harm or damage. 

verb
  • To reward or repay (someone) for something done, given etc. 

  • To give compensation for an injury, or other type of harm or damage. 

  • To give (something) in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. 

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