different between vindication vs vindicate

English

Alternative forms

• vindicat. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?nd??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

vindication (countable and uncountable, plural vindications)

1. The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated.
2. Evidence, facts, statements, or arguments that justify a claim or belief.

Translations

Related terms

• vindicate

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?