vindicate
🇺🇸
/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/
🇬🇧
/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/
verb
R
To show that something is true or that you were right, especially when others didn't believe it.
He hoped the test results would vindicate his claim.
R
To prove someone did not do wrong or to show they were right, especially after being accused.
She was vindicated after the new evidence proved her innocence.
translation
To show that something is true or that you were right, especially when others didn't believe it.; To prove someone did not do wrong or to show they were right, especially after being accused.
Word Forms
3rd Present
vindicates
Past
vindicated
Perfect
vindicated
Progressive
vindicating