vindicate
verb🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/
🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vindicate | 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/ 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it vindicates | 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪts/ 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple vindicated | 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle vindicated | 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form vindicating | 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈvɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- vindicate something
to prove that something is true or that you were right to do something, especially when other people had a different opinion 证实；证明有理 - vindicate somebody
to prove that somebody is not guilty when they have been accused of doing something wrong or illegal; to prove that somebody is right about something 澄清（责难或嫌疑）；证明（某人）无罪（责）
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘deliver, rescue’): from Latin vindicat- ‘claimed, avenged’, from the verb vindicare, from vindex, vindic- ‘claimant, avenger’.