vindicate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism. transitive
    — to vindicate someone's honor
  2. To justify by providing evidence. transitive
    — to vindicate a right, claim or title
  3. To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition. transitive
    — to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
  4. To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified. transitive
  5. To provide justification for. transitive
    — The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
  6. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim. transitive
  7. To liberate; to set free; to deliver. obsolete,transitive
  8. To avenge; to punish. obsolete,transitive
    — a war to vindicate infidelity

词形变化

vindicates present,singular,third-person vindicating participle,present vindicated participle,past vindicated past

词汇关系

衍生词
vindication vindicator vindictive

词源

Borrowed from Latin vindicātus, perfect passive participle of vindicō (“lay legal claim to something; set free; protect, avenge, punish”), from vim, accusative singular of vīs (“force, power”), + dīcō (“say; declare, state”). See avenge.
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