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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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