To uphold or justify by argument or evidence. To uphold, maintain, or defend (a cause, etc): Learn the definition of 'vindicate'.
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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 clear, as from an accusation or suspicion: To maintain or defend against opposition. The suits are valid and are being brought to vindicate legal wrongs, under both federal and state law. If your family thinks you hogged the last piece of pie on thanksgiving, you'll be vindicated when your younger brother fesses up.
Gregory, as if to vindicate his master, rolled on to his back and began to wave all four legs in the air. From latin vindicāre, from vindex claimant ˈvindiˌcator n ˈvindiˌcatory adj To prove that somebody is right about something. Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea — or to absolve from guilt.
To prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was….
To clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like. To vindicate a claim etymology:
