different between affirm vs vindicate

English

Etymology

From Middle English affirmen, affermen, from Old French afermer, affermer, from Latin affirmare, adfirmare (“to present as fixed, aver, affirm”), from ad (“to”) + firmare (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??f?m/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??f??m/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Verb

affirm (third-person singular simple present affirms, present participle affirming, simple past and past participle affirmed)

1. To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

   She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.

2. To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
3. To support or encourage.

   They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.

4. To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

Synonyms

• validate

Antonyms

• disaffirm
• deny (of 1,2)
• repudiate (of 2)
• invalidate (of 4)

Related terms

• affirmation
• affirmative

Translations

See also

• affirmative action
• confirm

Further reading

• affirm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• affirm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• affirm at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vindic?tus, perfect passive participle of vindic? (“lay legal claim to something; set free; protect, avenge, punish”), from vim, accusative singular of v?s (“force, power”), + d?c? (“say; declare, state”). See avenge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?n.d??ke?t/

Verb

vindicate (third-person singular simple present vindicates, present participle vindicating, simple past and past participle vindicated)

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

   to vindicate someone's honor

2. (transitive) To justify by providing evidence.

   to vindicate a right, claim or title

   • Also see: United National Congress, Trinidad and Tobago

     Kamla Persad Bissessar: " We have been vindicated, but it is a victory for the people"

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

4. (transitive) To provide justification for.

5. (transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To avenge; to punish

Related terms

• vindication
• vindicator
• vindictive

Translations

Latin

Verb

vindic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vindic?