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. To prove that somebody is right about something.
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To prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was…. To maintain or defend against opposition. Vindicate somebody to prove that somebody is not guilty when they have been accused of doing something wrong or illegal;
The suits are valid and are being brought to vindicate legal wrongs, under both federal and state law.
To clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like. To uphold or justify by argument or evidence. To vindicate a claim etymology: To clear, as from an accusation or suspicion:
From latin vindicāre, from vindex claimant ˈvindiˌcator n ˈvindiˌcatory adj See examples of vindicate used in a sentence. Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea — or to absolve from guilt. To uphold, maintain, or defend (a cause, etc):
