"vindicate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈvɪn.dɪˌkeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vindicate.wav Forms: vindicates [present, singular, third-person], vindicating [participle, present], vindicated [participle, past], vindicated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vindicātus, perfect passive participle of vindicō (“lay legal claim to something; set free; protect, avenge, punish”), from vim, accusative singular of vīs (“force, power”), + dīcō (“say; declare, state”). See avenge. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyh₁-|*deyḱ-}}, {{bor|en|la|vindicātus}} Latin vindicātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} vindicate (third-person singular simple present vindicates, present participle vindicating, simple past and past participle vindicated)
  1. (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism. Tags: transitive Translations (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism): оправдавам (opravdavam) (Bulgarian), renvaske (Danish), vrijspreken (Dutch), blaam zuiveren (Dutch), puhdistaa (Finnish), blanchir (French), გამართლება (gamartleba) (Georgian), rechtfertigen (German), verteidigen (German), reinwaschen (German), rehabilitieren (German), entlasten (German), vindicō (Latin), whakaharakore (Maori), pak kirin (Northern Kurdish), renvaske (Norwegian Bokmål), опра́вдывать (oprávdyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оправда́ть (opravdátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), vindicar (Spanish), rentvå (Swedish), linisin ang pangalan (Tagalog), temize çıkarmak (Turkish), виправдо́вувати (vypravdóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́правдати (výpravdaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vindicate-en-verb-s1aEJ91t Disambiguation of 'to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism': 79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6
  2. (transitive) To justify by providing evidence. Tags: transitive Translations (to justify by providing evidence): доказвам (dokazvam) (Bulgarian), retfærdiggøre (Danish), bevise (Danish), rechtvaardigen (Dutch), perustella (Finnish), faire valoir (French), beweisen (German), nachweisen (German), rechtfertigen (German), 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽 (sunjōn) (Gothic), vindicō (Latin), peyitandin (Northern Kurdish), rettferdiggjøre (Norwegian Bokmål), bevise (Norwegian Bokmål), haklı çıkarmak (Turkish), ispat etmek (Turkish), дово́дити (dovódyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), довести́ (dovestý) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vindicate-en-verb-qvLsWHFi Disambiguation of 'to justify by providing evidence': 1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1
  3. (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition. Tags: transitive Translations (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition): отстоявам (otstojavam) (Bulgarian), stå inde for (Danish), forsvare (Danish), verdedigen (Dutch), puolustaa (Finnish), défendre (French), revendiquer (French), affirmer (French), დაცვა (dacva) (Georgian), verteidigen (German), einstehen für (German), verfechten (German), parastin (Northern Kurdish), forfekte (Norwegian Bokmål), stå inne for (Norwegian Bokmål), forsvare (Norwegian Bokmål), защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) (Russian), defender (Spanish), müdafaa etmek (Turkish), savunmak (Turkish), відсто́ювати (vidstójuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відстоя́ти (vidstojáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), захища́ти (zaxyščáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), захисти́ти (zaxystýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vindicate-en-verb-P3edmOCo Disambiguation of 'to maintain or defend a cause against opposition': 1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1
  4. (transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-vindicate-en-verb-Ew8VL4yN
  5. (transitive) To provide justification for. Tags: transitive Translations (to provide justification): haqq qazandırmaq (Azerbaijani), bəraət qazandırmaq (Azerbaijani), doğrultmaq (Azerbaijani), retfærdiggøre (Danish), verantwoorden (Dutch), osoittaa oikeaksi (Finnish), justifier (French), rechtfertigen (German), verteidigen (German), peyitandin (Northern Kurdish), justificar (Spanish), rättfärdiga (Swedish), müdafaa etmek (Turkish), savunmak (Turkish), виправдо́вувати (vypravdóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́правдати (výpravdaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vindicate-en-verb-0mt9PF6H Disambiguation of 'to provide justification': 1 12 17 3 61 3 2 2
  6. (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim. Tags: transitive Translations (to claim): opeisen (Dutch), doen gelden (Dutch), vaatia (Finnish), revendiquer (French), réclamer (French), beanspruchen (German), geltend machen (German), vertreten (German), vindikál (Hungarian), daxwaz kirin (Northern Kurdish), reclamar (Spanish), talep etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-vindicate-en-verb-gi2SRsqj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 3 7 4 3 58 6 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 5 6 4 5 61 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 6 7 5 6 52 5 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 5 3 4 66 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 11 7 7 5 5 48 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 5 11 5 5 46 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 8 4 5 4 4 64 4 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 7 8 6 7 43 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 5 7 5 5 53 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 7 9 6 7 43 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 7 7 5 5 52 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 5 6 5 5 54 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 13 7 9 6 6 41 4 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 6 9 6 4 45 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 10 6 7 4 5 52 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 11 6 7 6 5 48 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 8 3 3 3 3 67 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 6 8 6 6 46 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 6 7 4 5 52 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 8 7 7 7 47 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 5 7 6 5 50 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 11 6 7 6 5 48 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 11 5 7 6 5 50 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 11 6 7 6 5 48 5 11 Disambiguation of 'to claim': 2 3 6 1 2 82 2 3
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-vindicate-en-verb-VuZsP9nw
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To avenge; to punish. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-vindicate-en-verb-gcvcUyBm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vindication, vindicator, vindictive

Inflected forms

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          "text": "to vindicate someone's honor",
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          "ref": "2008, Drew Karpyshyn, Mass Effect: Ascension, Del Rey Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3:",
          "text": "As a man of vision, he understood this. Without Cerberus, humanity was doomed to an existence of groveling subservience at the feet of alien masters. Still, there were those who would call what he did criminal. Unethical. Amoral. History would vindicate him, but until it did he and his followers were forced to exist in hiding, working toward their goals in secret.",
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          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "blanchir"
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          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamartleba",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "გამართლება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "rechtfertigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "verteidigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "reinwaschen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "rehabilitieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "entlasten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
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          "lang": "Latin",
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          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "whakaharakore"
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          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "renvaske"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oprávdyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "опра́вдывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "opravdátʹ",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оправда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "vindicar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "rentvå"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "linisin ang pangalan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "word": "temize çıkarmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vypravdóvuvaty",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "виправдо́вувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 2 4 1 1 6 1 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výpravdaty",
          "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "ви́правдати"
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          "text": "to vindicate a right, claim or title",
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          "ref": "2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "The Ukrainians immediately demanded a goal and their claims were vindicated as replays showed the ball crossed the line before Terry's intervention.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "Also see: United National Congress, Trinidad and Tobago"
        },
        {
          "text": "Kamla Persad Bissessar: \" We have been vindicated, but it is a victory for the people\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To justify by providing evidence."
      ],
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          "evidence"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To justify by providing evidence."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dokazvam",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "доказвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "retfærdiggøre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "bevise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "rechtvaardigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "perustella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "faire valoir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "beweisen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "nachweisen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "rechtfertigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "sunjōn",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "peyitandin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "vindicō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "rettferdiggjøre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "bevise"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "haklı çıkarmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "word": "ispat etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dovódyty",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "дово́дити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 86 3 3 4 2 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dovestý",
          "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "довести́"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Eli Valley, “A Springtime of Erasure”, in Jewish Currents, number Fall 2019, page 14:",
          "text": "When Trump's election pulled back the curtain on the rise of the far-right in America, I'd naively assumed the Jewish left would be vindicated.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otstojavam",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "отстоявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "stå inde for"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "forsvare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "verdedigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "puolustaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "défendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "revendiquer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "affirmer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dacva",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "დაცვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
          "word": "verteidigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 90 1 3 2 1 1",
          "code": "de",
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        "(transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim."
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          "sense": "to claim",
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          "sense": "to claim",
          "word": "vindikál"
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          "code": "kmr",
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          "sense": "to claim",
          "word": "daxwaz kirin"
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          "sense": "to claim",
          "word": "reclamar"
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          "word": "talep etmek"
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        "To liberate; to set free; to deliver."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To avenge; to punish."
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          "ref": "2008, Drew Karpyshyn, Mass Effect: Ascension, Del Rey Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3:",
          "text": "As a man of vision, he understood this. Without Cerberus, humanity was doomed to an existence of groveling subservience at the feet of alien masters. Still, there were those who would call what he did criminal. Unethical. Amoral. History would vindicate him, but until it did he and his followers were forced to exist in hiding, working toward their goals in secret.",
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          "text": "The Ukrainians immediately demanded a goal and their claims were vindicated as replays showed the ball crossed the line before Terry's intervention.",
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          "text": "Also see: United National Congress, Trinidad and Tobago"
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          "text": "Kamla Persad Bissessar: \" We have been vindicated, but it is a victory for the people\""
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          "text": "When Trump's election pulled back the curtain on the rise of the far-right in America, I'd naively assumed the Jewish left would be vindicated.",
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        "(transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified."
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "claim",
          "claim"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To liberate; to set free; to deliver."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a war to vindicate infidelity",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To avenge; to punish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avenge",
          "avenge"
        ],
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To avenge; to punish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪn.dɪˌkeɪt/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opravdavam",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "оправдавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "renvaske"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "vrijspreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "blaam zuiveren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "puhdistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "blanchir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamartleba",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "გამართლება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "rechtfertigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "verteidigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "reinwaschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "rehabilitieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "entlasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "pak kirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "vindicō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "whakaharakore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "renvaske"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oprávdyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опра́вдывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opravdátʹ",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оправда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "vindicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "rentvå"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "linisin ang pangalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "word": "temize çıkarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vypravdóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "виправдо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výpravdaty",
      "sense": "to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́правдати"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dokazvam",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "доказвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "retfærdiggøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "bevise"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "rechtvaardigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "perustella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "faire valoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "beweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "nachweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "rechtfertigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "sunjōn",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "peyitandin"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "vindicō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "rettferdiggjøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "bevise"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "haklı çıkarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "word": "ispat etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dovódyty",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дово́дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dovestý",
      "sense": "to justify by providing evidence",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "довести́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstojavam",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "отстоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "stå inde for"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "forsvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "verdedigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "puolustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "défendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "revendiquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "affirmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dacva",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "დაცვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "verteidigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "einstehen für"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "verfechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "parastin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "forfekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "stå inne for"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "forsvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščiščátʹ",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "защища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "defender"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "müdafaa etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "word": "savunmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstójuvaty",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "відсто́ювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidstojáty",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "відстоя́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxyščáty",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захища́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxystýty",
      "sense": "to maintain or defend a cause against opposition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захисти́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "haqq qazandırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "bəraət qazandırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "doğrultmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "retfærdiggøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "verantwoorden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "osoittaa oikeaksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "justifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "rechtfertigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "verteidigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "peyitandin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "justificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "rättfärdiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "müdafaa etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "word": "savunmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vypravdóvuvaty",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "виправдо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výpravdaty",
      "sense": "to provide justification",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́правдати"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "opeisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "doen gelden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "vaatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "revendiquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "réclamer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "beanspruchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "geltend machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "vertreten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "vindikál"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "daxwaz kirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "reclamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to claim",
      "word": "talep etmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vindicate"
}

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