vindicate /vinˈdi-kāt/

1. To justify
2. To clear from criticism, etc
3. To defend with success
4. To make good a claim to
5. To lay claim to
6. To maintain (a point of view, cause, etc)
7. To avenge (obsolete)
8. To free (obsolete)

vindicability /-kə-bilˈi-ti/ noun

vinˈdicable adjective

vindicāˈtion noun

1. Act of vindicating
2. Defence
3. Justification
4. Support

vinˈdicātive (or /vin-dikˈə-tiv/) adjective

1. Vindicating
2. Tending to vindicate
3. Revengeful, vindictive (Shakespeare)

vindicˈativeness noun

Vindictiveness

vinˈdicātor noun

A person who vindicates (fem vinˈdicātress)

vinˈdicatorily adverb

vinˈdicatory /-ə-tər-i or -ā-tər-i/ adjective

1. Serving or tending to vindicate
2. Punitive
3. Retributive
4. Avenging

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