How to write an non-indemnification clause

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Suppose I'm a Consultant who builds website for Clients. I want to write a clause in the contract to say that Client can not sue me if the website gets hacked into or if the clients looses a lot of money due to ecommerce website malfunctioning etc. How would you phase that clause?

Here is what I came up with ...

"Consultant shall not be held liable, and Client shall hold harmless the Consultant and Web Design Company, of any results due to the use of website or deliverable."

I kind of want to use the word "indemnification" and "limited liabilty" somewhere in there. But I don't know if I want "non-indemnification" from Client or if I want "indemnification" from Client. That terms is a bit confusing, not to mention difficult to spell.

Dictionary says to indemnify means to "To make compensation to for damage". So in that sense, I want non-indemnification from Client. But wikipedia says, "Indemnification is also common in intellectual property licenses in which the licensor does not want to be liable for misdeeds of the licensee". So in that sense, I want indemnification from Client because I don't want to be liable for the client's misuse of the website. Is wikipedia mis-using the term here.
 
You can also find lots of contracts from real world transactions on sites like onecle.com which may contain language you can use as a model.
 
Here are some sample contract clauses. You can also find lots of contracts from real world transactions on sites like onecle.com which may contain language you can use as a model.

But do not expect that words on a piece of paper will keep someone from suing!
 
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