vindicate
verb/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/
/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vindicate | /ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/ /ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it vindicates | /ˈvɪndɪkeɪts/ /ˈvɪndɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple vindicated | /ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle vindicated | /ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form vindicating | /ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- vindicate something to prove that something is true or that you were right to do somethingespecially when other people had a different opinion synonym justify
- I have every confidence that this decision will be fully vindicated.
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- vindicate somebody to prove that somebody is not guilty when they have been accused of doing something wrong or illegal; to prove that somebody is right about something
- New evidence emergedvindicating him completely.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘deliverrescue’): from Latin vindicat- ‘claimedavenged’from the verb vindicarefrom vindexvindic- ‘claimantavenger’.
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