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vindicate
[ vin-di-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like:
to vindicate someone's honor.
Synonyms:
- to afford justification for; justify:
Subsequent events vindicated his policy.
- to uphold or justify by argument or evidence:
to vindicate a claim.
Synonyms:
- to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.
Synonyms:
- to claim for oneself or another.
- Roman and Civil Law. to regain possession, under claim of title of property through legal procedure, or to assert one's right to possession.
- to get revenge for; avenge.
- Obsolete. to deliver from; liberate.
- Obsolete. to punish.
vindicate
/ ˈɪԻɪˌɪ /
verb
- to clear from guilt, accusation, blame, etc, as by evidence or argument
- to provide justification for
his promotion vindicated his unconventional attitude
- to uphold, maintain, or defend (a cause, etc)
to vindicate a claim
- Roman law to bring an action to regain possession of (property) under claim of legal title
- rare.to claim, as for oneself or another
- obsolete.to take revenge on or for; punish
- obsolete.to set free
Derived Forms
- ˈԻ徱ˌٴǰ, noun
- ˈԻ徱ˌٴǰy, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·徱··ٴǰ noun
- ··徱·ٱ verb (used with object) revindicated revindicating
- -·徱·· adjective
- -·徱··Բ adjective
- ܲ··徱·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of vindicate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vindicate1
Example Sentences
She wasn't lacking oomph this time, arguing the Supreme Court had vindicated what she had long argued, and pretty much saying "I told you so" to the Labour Party.
Benn - who says he has spent £1m in legal costs - feels vindicated and does not see the need to release the dossier or the findings of his legal battle.
And he noted that Garcia’s case presents a “unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.”
In contrast, the women's groups who fought the case feel vindicated and jubilant.
Now, maybe you’re thinking that their blind faith in Trump has actually been vindicated.
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