meaning of vindicate2
1. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
2. To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.
3. To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
4. To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
5. To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
6. To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.
7. show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a
">claim"
Related Words
vindicate | vindicated | vindicating | vindication | vindicative | vindicator | vindicatory |
