Synonyms for vindicate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : vin-di-keyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪt

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Définition of vindicate

Origin : 1620s, "to avenge or revenge," from Latin vindicatus, past participle of vindicare (see vindication). Meaning "to clear from censure or doubt, by means of demonstration" is recorded from 1630s. Related: Vindicated, vindicating.

verb prove one's innocence

Example sentences :

But we are disposed to vindicate the propriety of the step he took.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

I was not solicitous to vindicate him when I was not joined in their reflection.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

If he should appear in mine, I know how to chastise him, and to vindicate my own honour.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The Government must vindicate the law, no matter at what cost.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

The worth of the thing signified must vindicate our taste for the emblem.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

His one desire was to vindicate himself in the cold eyes of the man before him.
Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans

The house itself was not likely to vindicate the claim the locality denied.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

I am impelled by no fanatical zeal, and have no creed or cult of my own to vindicate.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various

I come,' will I say, 'to vindicate the fair fame of one who once owned your affection.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

Will it vindicate your memory, uphold your fame, and dignify your motives?
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

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