ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsVvindicate
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vindicate
Meaning: to clear of blame or suspicion by presenting proof
vindicate in a sentence
How vindicate is used in real sentences:
New DNA evidence finally vindicated the man after twenty years in prison.
The lab results vindicated her theory after months of skepticism from colleagues.
“Still, no one could gainsay the time-stamped photographs, which matched her notebooks and helped vindicate her team against the charge of fraud.”
— from the passage The Patient Burn
“The admission did not entirely vindicate Mara, since some neighbors still treated her persistence as betrayal, but newspapers withdrew their old accusations of alarmism.”
— from the passage The Case She Carried
“The new study may finally vindicate him: spectral tests, archival dates, and the scrap composition all place responsibility elsewhere.”
— from the passage The Fault in the Bronze
Synonyms for vindicate
Other words for vindicate — exonerate, absolve and acquit — carry the same meaning.
- exonerate
- absolve
- acquit
Antonyms of vindicate
Words that mean the opposite of vindicate:
- incriminate
- condemn
Where it comes from
From Latin vindicare 'to claim, avenge'
Memory hook
VIN-DIC-ate sounds like 'WIN, DECK the doubters' — you win and prove them wrong.