English Dictionary

vindicate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈvɪn.dɪˌkeɪt/

動詞

他動詞 廃用

(transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism. / (transitive) To justify by providing evidence. / (transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.

日本語の意味

非難や疑惑、批判などから潔白であることを証明する / 証拠をもって正当性を主張する / 反対に対して、ある主義や原因を守り擁護する

The new DNA evidence helped vindicate the wrongly accused man.

新たなDNA証拠が誤って告発された男性の無実を証明するのに役立った。

意味（1）

(transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

to vindicate someone's honor

意味（2）

(transitive) To justify by providing evidence.

to vindicate a right, claim or title

意味（3）

(transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.

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.

意味（4）

(transitive) To provide justification for.

The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.

意味（5）

(transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

意味（6）

(transitive, obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.

意味（7）

(transitive, obsolete) To avenge; to punish

a war to vindicate infidelity

vindicates （ present singular third-person ）

vindicating （ participle present ）

vindicated （ participle past ）

vindicated （ past ）