Vindicate

·vt To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.

II. Vindicate ·vt To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to Claim.

III. Vindicate ·vt To Liberate; to set free; to Deliver.

IV. Vindicate ·vt To Avenge; to Punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.

V. Vindicate ·vt To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to Defend; to Justify.

VI. Vindicate ·vt To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title.