vindicate

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
  • (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
  • (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
  • (transitive) To provide justification for.
  • (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
  • (transitive) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
  • (transitive) To avenge; to punish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindicātus root from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (chase, pursue, suppress, persecute, crave, hunt, reach towards, seek).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyh₁-

Gloss

chase, pursue, suppress, persecute, crave, hunt, reach towards, seek

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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