vindicate
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dɪˌkeɪt verb (used with object), vin·di·cat·ed, vin·di·cat·ing.
1.
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
2.
to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy.
3.
to uphold or justify by argument or evidence: to vindicate a claim.
4.
to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.
5.
to claim for oneself or another.
6.
Roman and Civil Law. to regain possession, under claim of title of property through legal procedure, or to assert one's right to possession.
7.
to get revenge for; avenge.
8.
Obsolete. to deliver from; liberate.
9.
Obsolete. to punish.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin vindicātus (past participle of vindicāre to lay legal claim to (property), to free (someone) from servitude (by claiming him as free), to protect, avenge, punish), equivalent to vindic- (stem of vindex claimant, protector, avenger) + -ātus -ate1
1525–35; < Latin vindicātus (past participle of vindicāre to lay legal claim to (property), to free (someone) from servitude (by claiming him as free), to protect, avenge, punish), equivalent to vindic- (stem of vindex claimant, protector, avenger) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
vin·di·ca·tor, noun
re·vin·di·cate, verb (used with object), re·vin·di·cat·ed, re·vin·di·cat·ing.
self-vin·di·cat·ed, adjective
self-vin·di·cat·ing, adjective
un·vin·di·cat·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. exonerate. 3, 4. support.
1. exonerate. 3, 4. support.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to clear from guilt, accusation, blame, etc, as by evidence or argument |
| 2. | to provide justification for: his promotion vindicated his unconventional attitude |
| 3. | to uphold, maintain, or defend (a cause, etc): to vindicate a claim |
| 4. | Roman law to bring an action to regain possession of (property) under claim of legal title |
| 5. | rare to claim, as for oneself or another |
| 6. | obsolete to take revenge on or for; punish |
| 7. | obsolete to set free |
| [C17: from Latin vindicāre, from vindex claimant] | |
| 'vindicator | |
| —n | |
| 'vindicatory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
vindicate
1620s, "to avenge or revenge," from L. vindicatus, pp. of vindicare (see vindication). Meaning "to clear from censure or doubt, by means of demonstration" is recorded from 1630s. Related: Vindicated, vindicating.
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Example sentences
The merger was not necessary to permit the parties to achieve overriding efficiencies to vindicate the merger.
Every once in a while, you have a chance to vindicate all those best hopes you had about yourself.
Strict new fuel-economy standards will vindicate the business case.
Every appearance goes to vindicate the conjecture that it has been in a state of eruption within less than five hundred years.
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