VINDICATE definition in American English

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vindicate

(vɪndɪkeɪt )

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense vindicates , present participle vindicating , past tense, past participle vindicated

transitive verb

If a person or their decisions, actions, or ideas are vindicated, they are proved to be correct, after people have said that they were wrong.

[formal]

The director said he had been vindicated by the experts' report.

vindication (vɪndɪkeɪʃən ) uncountable noun [also a N, usu N of n]

He called the success a vindication of his party's free-market economic policy.

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vindicate in American English

(ˈvɪndəˌkeɪt )

verb transitiveWord forms: vindicated, vindicatingOrigin: < L vindicatus, pp. of vindicare, to claim, avenge < ? vim, force (see vim) + dicere, to say: see diction

2. 

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

3. 

a success which vindicated their belief in him

4. 

to lay claim to or establish possession of (something for oneself or another)

5.  obsolete

a. 

b. 

to punish

See synonymy note absolve

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 5th Digital Edition. Copyright © 2025 HarperCollins Publishers.

Derived forms

vindicator (ˈvindiˌcator)

noun

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vindicate in American English

(ˈvɪndɪˌkeit)

transitive verbWord forms: -cated, -cating

1. 

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

to vindicate someone's honor

2. 

to afford justification for; justify

Subsequent events vindicated his policy

3. 

to uphold or justify by argument or evidence

to vindicate a claim

4. 

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

5. 

to claim for oneself or another

6.  Roman Law & Civil Law

to regain possession, under claim of title of property through legal procedure, or to assert one's right to possession

7. 

to get revenge for; avenge

8. obsolete

9. obsolete

to punish

SYNONYMS 1. exonerate. 3, 4. support.

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Derived forms

vindicator

noun

Word origin

[1525–35; ‹ L vindicātus (ptp. of vindicāre to lay legal claim to (property), to free (someone) from servitude (by claiming him as free), to protect, avenge, punish), equiv. to vindic- (s. of vindex claimant, protector, avenger) + -ātus -ate1]

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vindicate in British English

(ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪt )

verb (transitive)

1. 

2. 

his promotion vindicated his unconventional attitude

3. 

to vindicate a claim

4.  Roman law

5.  rare

to claim, as for oneself or another

6.  obsolete

7.  obsolete

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Derived forms

vindicator (ˈvindiˌcator)

noun

vindicatory (ˈvindiˌcatory)

adjective

Word origin

C17: from Latin vindicāre, from vindex claimant

Examples of 'vindicate' in a sentence

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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.

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