vindicate

verb

/ˈvɪn.dɪˌkeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindicātus, perfect passive participle of vindicō (“lay legal claim to something; set free; protect, avenge, punish”), from vim, accusative singular of vīs (“force, power”), + dīcō (“say; declare, state”). See avenge.

borrowed from vindicātus

Definitions

1
To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- to vindicate someone's honor
2
To justify by providing evidence.
- to vindicate a right, claim or title
- The Ukrainians immediately demanded a goal and their claims were vindicated as replays showed the ball crossed the line before Terry's intervention.
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3
To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
- to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
- When Trump's election pulled back the curtain on the rise of the far-right in America, I'd naively assumed the Jewish left would be vindicated.
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1. To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
2. 5
  To provide justification for.
  - The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
3. To lay claim to
  To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
4. To liberate
  To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
5. 8
  To avenge
  To avenge; to punish.
  - a war to vindicate infidelity

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Derived

vindication, vindicator, vindictive

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