Nearby Words
verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEObsolete. 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), -cat·ed, -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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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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