Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to vindicate
Participle: vindicated
Gerund: vindicating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | vindicate |
| you | vindicate |
| he;she;it | vindicates |
| we | vindicate |
| you | vindicate |
| they | vindicate |
Perfect
| I | have vindicated |
| you | have vindicated |
| he;she;it | has vindicated |
| we | have vindicated |
| you | have vindicated |
| they | have vindicated |
Past
| I | vindicated |
| you | vindicated |
| he;she;it | vindicated |
| we | vindicated |
| you | vindicated |
| they | vindicated |
Pluperfect
| I | had vindicated |
| you | had vindicated |
| he;she;it | had vindicated |
| we | had vindicated |
| you | had vindicated |
| they | had vindicated |
Future
| I | will vindicate |
| you | will vindicate |
| he;she;it | will vindicate |
| we | will vindicate |
| you | will vindicate |
| they | will vindicate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have vindicated |
| you | will have vindicated |
| he;she;it | will have vindicated |
| we | will have vindicated |
| you | will have vindicated |
| they | will have vindicated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | vindicate |
| you | vindicate |
| he;she;it | vindicate |
| we | vindicate |
| you | vindicate |
| they | vindicate |
Perfect
| I | have vindicated |
| you | have vindicated |
| he;she;it | have vindicated |
| we | have vindicated |
| you | have vindicated |
| they | have vindicated |
Imperfect
| I | vindicated |
| you | vindicated |
| he;she;it | vindicated |
| we | vindicated |
| you | vindicated |
| they | vindicated |
Pluperfect
| I | had vindicated |
| you | had vindicated |
| he;she;it | had vindicated |
| we | had vindicated |
| you | had vindicated |
| they | had vindicated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would vindicate |
| you | would vindicate |
| he;she;it | would vindicate |
| we | would vindicate |
| you | would vindicate |
| they | would vindicate |
Perfect
| I | would have vindicated |
| you | would have vindicated |
| he;she;it | would have vindicated |
| we | would have vindicated |
| you | would have vindicated |
| they | would have vindicated |
Imperative
| you | vindicate |
| we | Let's vindicate |
| you | vindicate |
Verbs conjugated like 'vindicate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'vindicate'
indicate,
mendicate,
revindicate,
syndicate,
venditate,
abdicate,
candidate,
dedicate,
dijudicate,
emendicate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- declare or find not guilty
- absolve, acquit, disculpate, exculpate, exonerate, pardon, remit
- exonerate
- acquit, absolve, free, clear, excuse
- defend
- substantiate, justify, maintain, support, uphold, corroborate, assert
Antonyms
- exonerate
- condemn, blame, charge
- defend
- attack, abdicate, surrender, desert
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1623, "to avenge or revenge," from L. vindicatus, pp. of vindicare (see vindication). Meaning "to clear from censure or doubt, by means of demonstration" is recorded from 1635.
2. 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.
Sample Sentences
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to vindicate someone's honor
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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. [2008, Drew Karpyshyn, Mass Effect: Ascension, Del Rey Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3:]
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to vindicate a right, claim or title
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The Ukrainians immediately demanded a goal and their claims were vindicated as replays showed the ball crossed the line before Terry's intervention. [2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:]
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Kamla Persad Bissessar: " We have been vindicated, but it is a victory for the people"
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to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
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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. [2019, Eli Valley, “A Springtime of Erasure”, in Jewish Currents, number Fall 2019, page 14:]
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The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
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a war to vindicate infidelity