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Vindicated : adj : freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all
blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice";
"his official honor is vindicated" [syn: absolved, clear,
cleared, exculpated, exonerated]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Vindicate \Vin"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vindicated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Vindicating.] [L. vindicatus, p. p. of
vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge. See Vengeance.]
1. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim. [R.]
Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? The
birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain. --Pope.
2. To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid;
to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to
vindicate a right, claim, or title.
3. To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial,
censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
When the respondent denies any proposition, the
opponent must directly vindicate . . . that
proposition. --I. Watts.
Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But
vindicate the ways of God to man. --Pope.
4. To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
--Milton.
5. To liberate; to set free; to deliver. [Obs.]
I am confident he deserves much more That vindicates
his country from a tyrant Than he that saves a
citizen. --Massinger.
6. To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish
infidelity. [Obs.] --Bacon.
God is more powerful to exact subjection and to
vindicate rebellion. --Bp. Pearson.
Syn: To assert; maintain; claim. See Assert.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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