vindicate
IPA: vˈɪndʌkeɪt
verb
- (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
- (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
- (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
- (transitive) To provide justification for.
- (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
- (transitive, obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
- (transitive, obsolete) To avenge; to punish.
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Examples of "vindicate" in Sentences
- The courts vindicated his decisions.
- In the end, he is vindicated and honored.
- Mubiru's actions vindicate Bahati's bill.
- The events of the story would partly vindicate his views.
- ETA will probably vindicate the killing in the next weeks.
- He seeks throughout to vindicate the opposition to the war.
- In the end, Carter would vindicate himself and slay the beast.
- He was chuffed to vindicate his mentor Eric Bristow's prediction.
- It's the idea that the studies don't vindicate pederasty as harmless.
- Relisting would vindicate the unilateral action taken by the closing admin.
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