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Meanings of vindicate in English

Spanish
justificar

Show to be right by providing justification or proof.

        justificar
        Usage of vindicate in English
        1
        There is a moral responsibility on the Government to vindicate that position.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Chance has finally brought you the chance to vindicate your grandfather's actions.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        3
        The praise and support I received only helped to vindicate my actions.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        4
        It did not, even need the peaceful Derry outcome to vindicate it.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Do not look to me for protection; vindicate yourself if you can.
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        6
        As to my opinions, I have no particular desire to vindicate them.
        Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1
        7
        He wished to vindicate himself in some way, to assert his manhood.
        Dubliners
        8
        I speak only the truth, and it will, it must, vindicate me.
        At the Mercy of Tiberius
        9
        Each took from them what might vindicate the cause that he espoused.
        Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
        10
        What Sweden will do to vindicate her honor remains to be seen.
        Fighting For Peace
        11
        My character is at stake, and I am bound to vindicate it.
        Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories
        12
        The Abbot strove not to vindicate himself, but preserved a sullen silence.
        The Monk: A Romance
        13
        If they display too nice an arrangement, the Halicarnassian shall vindicate me.
        Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
        14
        There is no other near relative to vindicate their memory from insult.
        Lady Byron Vindicated / A history of the Byron controversy from ...
        15
        Replays vindicate Monty's confusion - the ball went nowhere near his bat.
        The Guardian
        16
        This medicine was taken day after day, and seemed to vindicate itself.
        The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
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        Spanish
        justificar
        Vindicate through the time
        Vindicate across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common