Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea — or to absolve from guilt.
If your family thinks you hogged the last piece of pie on thanksgiving, you'll be vindicated when your younger brother fesses up.
Vindicate, which has been used in english since at least the mid-16th century, comes from a form of the latin verb vindicare, meaning to set free, avenge, or lay claim to.
To prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was.
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Vin di cat ed , vin di cat ing , vin di cates 1.
To clear of accusation, blame,.
To clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
See examples of vindicate used in a sentence.
Gregory, as if to vindicate his master, rolled on to his back and began to wave all four legs in the air.
The suits are valid and are being brought to vindicate legal wrongs, under both federal and state law.