| Vindicate 1. (v. t.) To justify; to clear from accusation; prove to be real or true. 2. (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. 3. (v. t.) To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify. 4. (v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies. 5. (v. t.) To liberate; to set free; to deliver. 6. (v. t.) To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity. Thesaurus Entries absolve, account for, acquit, advocate, amnesty, argue, assert, bear out, claim, clear, confute, contend, cry sour grapes, decontaminate, defend, destigmatize, discharge, dismiss, dispense from, disprove, do justice to, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, explain, forgive, free, give absolution, grant amnesty to, grant immunity, grant remission, guard, justify, let go, let off, nonpros, pardon, plead for, protect, prove, purge, quash the charge, rationalize, redress, refute, rehabilitate, reinstate, release, remit, restore, revenge, second, set free, shield, shrive, spiteful, support, uphold, warrant, whitewash, withdraw the charge |