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vindicate
[ vin-di-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like:
to vindicate someone's honor.
Synonyms:
- to afford justification for; justify:
Subsequent events vindicated his policy.
- to uphold or justify by argument or evidence:
to vindicate a claim.
Synonyms:
- to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.
Synonyms:
- to claim for oneself or another.
- Roman and Civil Law. to regain possession, under claim of title of property through legal procedure, or to assert one's right to possession.
- to get revenge for; avenge.
- Obsolete. to deliver from; liberate.
- Obsolete. to punish.
vindicate
/ ˈɪԻɪˌɪ /
verb
- to clear from guilt, accusation, blame, etc, as by evidence or argument
- to provide justification for
his promotion vindicated his unconventional attitude
- to uphold, maintain, or defend (a cause, etc)
to vindicate a claim
- Roman law to bring an action to regain possession of (property) under claim of legal title
- rare.to claim, as for oneself or another
- obsolete.to take revenge on or for; punish
- obsolete.to set free
Derived Forms
- ˈԻ徱ˌٴǰ, noun
- ˈԻ徱ˌٴǰy, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·徱··ٴǰ noun
- ··徱·ٱ verb (used with object) revindicated revindicating
- -·徱·· adjective
- -·徱··Բ adjective
- ܲ··徱·· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of vindicate1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of vindicate1
Example Sentences
Ministers have said they are "disappointed" by the 10% tariffs announced for the UK but have suggested the lower rate than other countries "vindicated" the government's approach.
Speaking in the House of Commons, he said the fact the US had put lower tariffs on the UK compared to other countries "vindicated the pragmatic approach the government has taken".
A Downing Street source said the UK's lower tariff "vindicates" the government's plans, because "the difference between 10% and 20% is thousands of jobs".
Rangel’s attorney, Tamar Arminak, said her client felt vindicated by the jury’s decision, after spending years trying to blow the whistle about a division that was essentially run as its own fiefdom.
Perhaps the only sign that the family feel vindicated comes from her brother Showik - who spent three months in prison before being freed on bail.
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