Definitions for vindicate

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vindicate vin·di·cate

Spelling: [vin-di-keyt]

IPA: /ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt/

Vindicate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 393 anagrams from letters in vindicate (acdeiintv).

Definitions for vindicate

verb (used with object)

1. to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like:
2. to afford justification for; justify:
3. to uphold or justify by argument or evidence:
4. to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.
5. to claim for oneself or another.
6. Roman and Civil Law. to regain possession, under claim of title of property through legal procedure, or to assert one's right to possession.
7. to get revenge for; avenge.
8. Obsolete. to deliver from; liberate.
9. Obsolete. to punish.

Origin of vindicate

1525-35; 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 t

Examples for vindicate

I was not solicitous to vindicate him when I was not joined in their reflection.

He insists the documents will vindicate him by showing that the CIA program was vital and produced important information.

If he should appear in mine, I know how to chastise him, and to vindicate my own honour.

History, the White House always says, will vindicate the president.

But we are disposed to vindicate the propriety of the step he took.

Some top White House aide is dispatched to tell us pooh-poohers that events ultimate will vindicate the president.

The present needs to vindicate the president, whoever he or she may be.

The Government must vindicate the law, no matter at what cost.

Failing to vindicate a loss or injury is a sign of faulty moral character.

The worth of the thing signified must vindicate our taste for the emblem.