Vindicate

Verb

 * 1) To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
 * to vindicate someone's honor
 * 1) To justify by providing evidence.
 * to vindicate a right, claim or title
 * 1) To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.
 * to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
 * 1) To provide justification for.
 * The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
 * 1) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
 * 2)  To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
 * 3)  To avenge; to punish
 * A war to vindicate infidelity.

Related terms

 * vindication
 * vindicator
 * vindictive

Adverbs for Vindicate
amply; sufficiently; triumphantly; gallantly; honorably;  magnanimously;   heroically; creditably; ingeniously; simply.

Thesaurus
absolve, account for, acquit, advocate, amnesty, argue, assert, bear out, claim, clear, confute, contend, cry sour grapes, decontaminate, defend, destigmatize, discharge, dismiss, dispense from, disprove, do justice to, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, explain, forgive, free, give absolution, grant amnesty to, grant immunity, grant remission, guard, justify, let go, let off, nonpros, pardon, plead for, protect, prove, purge, quash the charge, rationalize, redress, refute, rehabilitate, reinstate, release, remit, restore, revenge, second, set free, shield, shrive, spiteful, support, uphold, warrant, whitewash, withdraw the charge

Etymology
From vindicatus:, perfect passive participle of vindico: < vim:, accusative singular of vis:, + dico:.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: justifier


 * Russian: оправдать
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * French: justifier


 * Finnish:


 * French: justifier


 * Finnish:


 * French: justifier


 * Finnish:


 * French: réclamer, faire valoir