vindicate

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
2. (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
3. (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
4. (transitive) To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.
5. (transitive) To provide justification for.
6. (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To avenge; to punish.

Concepts

justifier

défendre

revendiquer

excuser

faire valoir

protéger

préconiser

professer

prolonger

réaliser

réclamer

soutenir

affirmer

continuez

aller

blanchir

continuer

innocenter

maintenir

Synonymes

justify

defend

avenge

revenge

absolve

excuse

exonerate

prove

take vengeance on

assert

explain

get even with

claim

clear

free from

retaliate

validate

demonstrate

continue

forgive

disculpate

contest

maintain

palliate

pardon

pay back

plead

proceed with

clarify

punish

put in order

remit

be retributive

champion

right

safeguard

stand

stand up

stand up for

stickle

stick up

sustain

take revenge

defend from

get back at someone

verify

warrant

alleviate

make excuses

set in order

Traductions

rechtfertigen

justificar

verdedigen

rechtvaardigen

giustificare

υπερασπίζω

defender

verteidigen

doğrulama

justificar

reivindicar

billijken

in het gelijk stellen

dauern

beanspruchen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvɪn.dɪˌkeɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.