indemnify
verb (used with object)
to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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History, however, has indemnified Milton for the neglect and poverty he endured.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes