Vindicate synonyms, vindicate pronunciation, vindicate translation, english dictionary definition of vindicate. They have evidence that will vindicate [= exonerate] her. The suits are valid and are being brought to vindicate legal wrongs, under both federal and state law.
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There are 12 meanings listed in oed's entry for the verb vindicate, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. To uphold, maintain, or defend (a cause, etc):
Vin·di·cat·ed , vin·di·cat·ing , vin·di·cates 1.
To prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was…. From latin vindicāre, from vindex claimant ˈvindiˌcator n ˈvindiˌcatory adj If your family thinks you hogged the last piece of pie on thanksgiving, you'll be vindicated when your younger brother. Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea — or to absolve from guilt.
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. To vindicate a claim etymology: Gregory, as if to vindicate his master, rolled on to his back and began to wave all four legs in the air.
She will be completely vindicated by the evidence.
