# vindicate

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C2 (Proficient)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/
- **English:** to prove that someone or something was right or not guilty
- **Persian:** تبرئه کردن، درستی چیزی را ثابت کردن

## Example

> The new evidence vindicated her decision.
> شواهد جدید درستیِ تصمیم او را ثابت کرد.

## Word forms

- noun: vindication

## Synonyms

clear, justify

## Opposites

condemn

## Common phrases

- feel vindicated
- vindicate a claim
- fully vindicated

## Related words

- [capitulate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/capitulate): to stop resisting and agree to what is demanded (C2)
- [clandestine](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/clandestine): done secretly, usually because it is not allowed (C2)
- [pernicious](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/pernicious): very harmful, often in a way that is hard to notice (C2)
- [pervasive](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/pervasive): present or noticeable in every part of something (C2)
- [ubiquitous](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/ubiquitous): seeming to be present everywhere (C2)
- [autonomy](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/autonomy): the freedom to make your own decisions (C1)
- [consensus](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/consensus): an opinion that all members of a group agree with (C1)
- [controversial](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/controversial): causing a lot of disagreement or argument (C1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/vindicate