- (v.t.) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
- (v.t.) To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure or objections; to defend; to justify.
- (v.t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
- (v.t.) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
- (v.t.) To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "vindicate" 28 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/vindicate/definitions/2079728> |