vindicate

verbB2

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

vindicates

V_ing/Gerund

vindicating

V_ed/pp

vindicated

1.
(transitive)To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
to vindicate someone's honor
Đồng nghĩa: absolve, clear, exonerate, acquittance, assoil, assoilzie, acquit, absolve, clear, disculp, disculpate, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate
2.
(transitive)To justify by providing evidence.
to vindicate a right, claim or title
Also see: United National Congress, Trinidad and Tobago
Kamla Persad Bissessar: " We have been vindicated, but it is a victory for the people"
3.
(transitive)To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
4.
(transitive)To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
5.
(transitive)To provide justification for.
The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
6.
(transitive)To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
7.
(obsolete, transitive)To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
8.
(obsolete, transitive)To avenge; to punish.
a war to vindicate infidelity

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

absolve clear exonerate acquittance assoilassoilzieacquitdisculpdisculpateexculpate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

vindication vindicator vindictive

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Latin vindicātus, perfect passive participle of vindicō, from vim, accusative singular of vīs (force, power), + dīcō (say; declare, state). See avenge.