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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vin•di•cate /ˈvɪndɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to clear, as from an accusation or suspicion:to vindicate someone's honor.
- to prove to be right or correct:His theory was vindicated by laboratory tests.
vin•di•ca•tion /ˌvɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]a vindication of the theory.[uncountable]He wanted vindication. vin•di•ca•tor, n. [countable]See -venge-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vin•di•cate (vin′di kāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like:to vindicate someone's honor.
- to afford justification for;
justify:Subsequent events vindicated his policy. - to uphold or justify by argument or evidence:to vindicate a claim.
- to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.
- to claim for oneself or another.
- Law[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;
avenge. - [Obs.]to deliver from;
liberate. - [Obs.]to punish.
- Latin vindicātus (past participle of vindicāre to lay legal claim to (property), to free (someone) from servitude (by claiming him as free), to protect, avenge, punish), equivalent. to vindic- (stem of vindex claimant, protector, avenger) + -ātus -ate1
- 1525–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exonerate.
- 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged support.
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