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  1. voted to acquit the defendant. vindicate may refer to things as well as persons that have been subjected to critical attack or imputation of guilt, weakness, or folly, and implies a clearing effected by proving the unfairness of such criticism or blame. her judgment was vindicated.

  2. Synonyms for VINDICATE: acquit, exonerate, absolve, clear, exculpate, forgive, liberate, release; Antonyms of VINDICATE: incriminate, accuse, impeach, charge, indict, criminate, convict, arraign.

  3. to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong: The decision to include Morris in the team was completely vindicated when he scored two goals. The investigation vindicated her complaint about the newspaper. to prove that someone is not guilty or is free from blame, after other people blamed them:

  4. to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong: The decision to include Morris in the team was completely vindicated when he scored two goals. The investigation vindicated her complaint about the newspaper. to prove that someone is not guilty or is free from blame, after other people blamed them:

  5. to clear from guilt, accusation, blame, etc, as by evidence or argument. to provide justification for. his promotion vindicated his unconventional attitude. to uphold, maintain, or defend (a cause, etc) to vindicate a claim.

  6. Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea — or to absolve from guilt. If your family thinks you hogged the last piece of pie on Thanksgiving, you'll be vindicated when your younger brother fesses up.

  7. to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong: The decision to include Morris on the team was completely vindicated when he scored two touchdowns. The investigation vindicated her complaint about the newspaper.

  8. verb. /ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/ (formal) Verb Forms. vindicate something to prove that something is true or that you were right to do something, especially when other people had a different opinion synonym justify. I have every confidence that this decision will be fully vindicated. Take your English to the next level.

  9. If people think you did something wrong, you dream of being vindicated, or found innocent. The word vindicated, which comes from the Latin word vindicatus, originally meant "to avenge or revenge" but its meaning soon shifted to "clear from censure or doubt, by means of demonstration."

  10. The meaning of VINDICATION is an act of vindicating : the state of being vindicated; specifically : justification against denial or censure : defense.

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