vindicate.
To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
Meaning & usage
To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
to vindicate someone's honor
To justify by providing evidence.
to vindicate a right, claim or title
To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
To provide justification for.
The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
To avenge; to punish.
a war to vindicate infidelity
Where this word comes from
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.
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