VINDICATE definition: 1. to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it wasโ€ฆ. Learn more.

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. New evidence โ€ฆ

Vindicate, which has been used in English since at least the mid-16th century, comes from a form of the Latin verb vindicare, meaning โ€œto set free, avenge, or lay claim to.โ€

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