Vindicate
verb
To prove that someone or something is right or true.
Her belief in her friend's innocence was vindicated when the real criminal was caught.
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- vindicate a claim
- vindicate a belief
verb
To clear someone of blame or suspicion.
Evidence vindicated him from any wrongdoing.
Often appears as...
- vindicate from accusations
- vindicate from blame
verb
To show or prove that an action or idea is justifiable.
His decision to quit the job was vindicated when the company went bankrupt.
Often appears as...
- vindicate a decision
- vindicate a move
verb
To prove that someone or something is right or true.
Her belief in her friend's innocence was vindicated when the real criminal was caught.
Often appears as...
- vindicate a claim
- vindicate a belief
verb
To clear someone of blame or suspicion.
Evidence vindicated him from any wrongdoing.
Often appears as...
- vindicate from accusations
- vindicate from blame
verb
To show or prove that an action or idea is justifiable.
His decision to quit the job was vindicated when the company went bankrupt.
Often appears as...
- vindicate a decision
- vindicate a move
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Proving Rightness
Used when evidence supports a previously doubted statement or belief.
The scientist felt vindicated when his theory was supported by experiments.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emotional Charge
Carries a feeling of satisfaction when someone's claims are proven correct.
She was vindicated at last when the test results came back positive.
Pro Tip 3/3Not About Revenge
Focuses on truth being acknowledged rather than retaliating against others.
After years of ridicule, his vindication came through sheer determination and facts.
Pro Tip 1/3Proving Rightness
Used when evidence supports a previously doubted statement or belief.
The scientist felt vindicated when his theory was supported by experiments.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emotional Charge
Carries a feeling of satisfaction when someone's claims are proven correct.
She was vindicated at last when the test results came back positive.
Pro Tip 3/3Not About Revenge
Focuses on truth being acknowledged rather than retaliating against others.
After years of ridicule, his vindication came through sheer determination and facts.
Pro Tip 1/3Proving Rightness
Used when evidence supports a previously doubted statement or belief.
The scientist felt vindicated when his theory was supported by experiments.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Emotional Charge
Carries a feeling of satisfaction when someone's claims are proven correct.
She was vindicated at last when the test results came back positive.
Pro Tip 3/3Not About Revenge
Focuses on truth being acknowledged rather than retaliating against others.
After years of ridicule, his vindication came through sheer determination and facts.
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How one piece of...
Lincoln would finally be vindicated in 1860, when he was elected President of the United States, defeating in his own home state, a certain Northern Democrat, who was finally undone by the disastrous aftermath of the law he had masterminded. Americans today continue to debate
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Capitalism will eat...
I was told in no uncertain terms that our nation's democratic process -- our elections -- could not be allowed to interfere with economic policies that were being implemented in Greece. At that moment, I felt that there could be no greater vindication of Lee Kuan Yew,
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Distant time and the...
asked me to end with a bold speculation my bold speculation is that I will be absolutely vindicated by history and 50 years from now all of my current wild ideas will be accepted as truths by the scientific and external communities we will all believe that our little
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Distant time and the...
my bold speculation is that I will be absolutely vindicated by history and 50 years from now all of my current wild ideas will be accepted as truths by the scientific and external communities we will all believe that our little universe is just a small part of a much
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What is McCarthyism? And...
Egged on by other politicians, he continued to make outrageous accusations while distorting or fabricating evidence. Many citizens reviled McCarthy while others praised him. And when the Korean War broke out, McCarthy seemed vindicated. Once he became chair
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Fisherman With No Fish PIPE...
a week sometimes no catch three days out of the week night was I know what my own their meal said he they don't care they just don't eat has it always been like that oh no no no no anomalous I'm vindicated is lots of fish used to be lots and lots
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Sean Carroll: Distant...
That's my favorite scenario. So the organizers asked me to end with a bold speculation. My bold speculation is that I will be absolutely vindicated by history. And 50 years from now, all of my current wild ideas will be accepted as truths
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How a few scientists...
were vindicated by Dr. Robert Koch, who isolated the cholera-causing bacterium. Koch developed a technique to grow pure cultures, and through a series of experiments, definitively proved that a specific bacterium directly cause disease.
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For the love of fangirls...
Fangirls know how to love something without apology or fear. My years of researching fangirls culminated in this determination to write something that celebrates and vindicates them. So I decided to make this thriller comedy musical
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How to win an argument...
And sometimes, you just have to take the risk. But it is so painful when you lose. And patience is really hard. But that reminds me of the second lesson. Even if vindication comes later, I realized how important the fight now is,
Video examples
How one piece of...
Lincoln would finally be vindicated in 1860, when he was elected President of the United States, defeating in his own home state, a certain Northern Democrat, who was finally undone by the disastrous aftermath of the law he had masterminded. Americans today continue to debate
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
I was told in no uncertain terms that our nation's democratic process -- our elections -- could not be allowed to interfere with economic policies that were being implemented in Greece. At that moment, I felt that there could be no greater vindication of Lee Kuan Yew,
Video examples
Distant time and the...
asked me to end with a bold speculation my bold speculation is that I will be absolutely vindicated by history and 50 years from now all of my current wild ideas will be accepted as truths by the scientific and external communities we will all believe that our little
Video examples
Distant time and the...
my bold speculation is that I will be absolutely vindicated by history and 50 years from now all of my current wild ideas will be accepted as truths by the scientific and external communities we will all believe that our little universe is just a small part of a much
Video examples
What is McCarthyism? And...
Egged on by other politicians, he continued to make outrageous accusations while distorting or fabricating evidence. Many citizens reviled McCarthy while others praised him. And when the Korean War broke out, McCarthy seemed vindicated. Once he became chair
Video examples
Fisherman With No Fish PIPE...
a week sometimes no catch three days out of the week night was I know what my own their meal said he they don't care they just don't eat has it always been like that oh no no no no anomalous I'm vindicated is lots of fish used to be lots and lots
Video examples
Sean Carroll: Distant...
That's my favorite scenario. So the organizers asked me to end with a bold speculation. My bold speculation is that I will be absolutely vindicated by history. And 50 years from now, all of my current wild ideas will be accepted as truths
Video examples
How a few scientists...
were vindicated by Dr. Robert Koch, who isolated the cholera-causing bacterium. Koch developed a technique to grow pure cultures, and through a series of experiments, definitively proved that a specific bacterium directly cause disease.
Video examples
For the love of fangirls...
Fangirls know how to love something without apology or fear. My years of researching fangirls culminated in this determination to write something that celebrates and vindicates them. So I decided to make this thriller comedy musical
Video examples
How to win an argument...
And sometimes, you just have to take the risk. But it is so painful when you lose. And patience is really hard. But that reminds me of the second lesson. Even if vindication comes later, I realized how important the fight now is,
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Nicholas A. Christakis
American Scientist
It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in networks. If I was always violent to you or gave you germs, you would cut the ties to me and the network would disintegrate. In a deep and fundamental way, networks are connected to goodness, and goodness is required for networks to emerge and spread.
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Judith Love Cohen
One thing that did happen to me, though - in high school, there was a club to help prepare people for scholarships and they wouldn't let girls take the class. But I studied for it, and that year I was the only one from the high school who got the scholarship. That was my vindication.
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Anna Julia Cooper
American Educator
It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.
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Corazon Aquino
Statesman
If I fail to remove Marcos and vindicate the people's verdict by peaceful, nonviolent action, my methods will be discredited. And if anger persists, I will be marginalized, and others will take over leadership of the movement.
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Robert Emmet
Irish Activist
Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written.
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Robert Walpole
British Statesman
IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.
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Mary Todd Lincoln
American First Lady
Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated.
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Asma Jahangir
Pakistani Activist
She is absolutely inspiring. Malala is a vindication of our struggle.
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Ray Bradbury
American Writer
I don't need to be vindicated, and I don't want attention.
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Anita Bryant
American Singer
I believe in the long run, God will vindicate me.
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Nicholas A. Christakis
American Scientist
It is the spread of the good things that vindicates the whole reason we live our lives in networks. If I was always violent to you or gave you germs, you would cut the ties to me and the network would disintegrate. In a deep and fundamental way, networks are connected to goodness, and goodness is required for networks to emerge and spread.
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Judith Love Cohen
One thing that did happen to me, though - in high school, there was a club to help prepare people for scholarships and they wouldn't let girls take the class. But I studied for it, and that year I was the only one from the high school who got the scholarship. That was my vindication.
Quote examples
Anna Julia Cooper
American Educator
It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.
Quote examples
Corazon Aquino
Statesman
If I fail to remove Marcos and vindicate the people's verdict by peaceful, nonviolent action, my methods will be discredited. And if anger persists, I will be marginalized, and others will take over leadership of the movement.
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Robert Emmet
Irish Activist
Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written.
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Robert Walpole
British Statesman
IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.
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Mary Todd Lincoln
American First Lady
Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated.
Quote examples
Asma Jahangir
Pakistani Activist
She is absolutely inspiring. Malala is a vindication of our struggle.
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Ray Bradbury
American Writer
I don't need to be vindicated, and I don't want attention.
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Anita Bryant
American Singer
I believe in the long run, God will vindicate me.
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