Vindicate means to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea †or to absolve from guilt. If your family thinks you hogged the last piece of pie on thanksgiving, you'll be vindicated when your younger brother fesses up. To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof.

See example sentences, synonyms, and etymology for the verb vindicate. Definition of vindicate verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. To prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was…. Learn more. If a person or their decisions, actions, or ideas are vindicated, they are proved to be correct, after people have said that they were wrong. The director said he had been vindicated by the experts' report.

Learn more. If a person or their decisions, actions, or ideas are vindicated, they are proved to be correct, after people have said that they were wrong. The director said he had been vindicated by the experts' report. To clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like. See examples of vindicate used in a sentence.