叶黄素和叶黄素糖果的区别 VINDICATE Definition & Meaning

Synonyms vindicate American [vin-di-keyt] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt / verb (used with object) vindicated, vindicating

to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.

to vindicate someone's honor.

Synonyms: exonerate

to afford justification for; justify.

Subsequent events vindicated his policy.

to uphold or justify by argument or evidence.

to vindicate a claim.

Synonyms: substantiate

to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.

Synonyms: substantiate

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; enge.

Obsolete. to deliver from; liberate.

Obsolete. to punish.

vindicate British / ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪt / 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Other Word Forms revindicate verb (used with object) self-vindicated adjective self-vindicating adjective unvindicated adjective vindicator noun vindicatory adjective Etymology Origin of vindicate

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin vindicātus (past participle of vindicāre “to lay legal claim to (property); to free (someone) from servitude (by claiming him as free); to protect, enge, punish),“ equivalent to vindic- (stem of vindex “claimant, protector, enger”) + -ātus -ate 1

Example Sentences

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Farmer said she feels vindicated after nearly 30 years.

From BBC

Mr. Green’s critique of “Official Ireland” is vindicated—and welcome like desert in the water in these parts.

From The Wall Street Journal

But for mothers who feel unjustly cut off, building a public platform to speak can be healing, helping them gain support and, in some cases, feel vindicated.

From The Wall Street Journal

Criticized by Yankee pacifists for resorting to violence, Clay replied, “how then can you ask me to go unarmed and yet manfully vindicate those doctrines which every where he been denounced with death?”

From The Wall Street Journal

Only a win vindicates the Canberra decision and can ensure a peaceful holiday in Noosa after the Test.

From BBC

Related Words absolve acquit corroborate defend disprove exonerate justify prove refute substantiate uphold

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