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  • 1 ex-pūrgō

        ex-pūrgō āvī, ātus, āre,    to purge, cleanse, purify: me, i. e. cure of poetic ecstasy, H. — Fig.: expurgandus est sermo.—To clear from censure, exculpate, vindicate, justify, excuse: me, T.: sese parum, fail to vindicate, S.: expurgaturum (obiecta) adseverans, Ta.—Supin. abl.: non facilest expurgatu, T.

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  • 2 expurgatus

    ex-purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to purge, cleanse, purify (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    dolabella quicquid emortuum est (trunci aut vitis),

    Col. 4, 24, 5:

    capisterio quicquid exteretur,

    id. 2, 9, 1:

    lepras, psoras, lichenas, lentigines,

    Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126.— Poet.: quae poterunt umquam satis expurgare (me) cicutae? i. e. to cure of poetic ecstasy, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 53:

    vetus fermentum,

    remove by cleansing, Vulg. 1 Cor. 5, 7.—
    B.
    Trop.: expurgandus est sermo, * Cic. Brut. 74, 258.—
    II.
    In partic., to clear from censure, to exculpate, vindicate, justify, excuse:

    me expurgare tibi volo,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 87; id. Mil. 2, 6, 17:

    sine me expurgem,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 29; id. Hec. 5, 1, 16:

    non facile est expurgatu,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 4:

    sese parum expurgat,

    fails to vindicate, Sall. J. 69, 4:

    requirens objecta et expurgaturum asseverans,

    Tac. A. 16, 24:

    fidem consiliumque publicum,

    Gell. 7, 3, 5.—Hence, P. a.: expurgātus, a, um, pure, clear; comp.:

    mens,

    Rufin. Orig. de Princ. 1, 1, 7.

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  • 3 expurgo

    ex-purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to purge, cleanse, purify (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    dolabella quicquid emortuum est (trunci aut vitis),

    Col. 4, 24, 5:

    capisterio quicquid exteretur,

    id. 2, 9, 1:

    lepras, psoras, lichenas, lentigines,

    Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126.— Poet.: quae poterunt umquam satis expurgare (me) cicutae? i. e. to cure of poetic ecstasy, * Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 53:

    vetus fermentum,

    remove by cleansing, Vulg. 1 Cor. 5, 7.—
    B.
    Trop.: expurgandus est sermo, * Cic. Brut. 74, 258.—
    II.
    In partic., to clear from censure, to exculpate, vindicate, justify, excuse:

    me expurgare tibi volo,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 87; id. Mil. 2, 6, 17:

    sine me expurgem,

    Ter. And. 5, 3, 29; id. Hec. 5, 1, 16:

    non facile est expurgatu,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 4:

    sese parum expurgat,

    fails to vindicate, Sall. J. 69, 4:

    requirens objecta et expurgaturum asseverans,

    Tac. A. 16, 24:

    fidem consiliumque publicum,

    Gell. 7, 3, 5.—Hence, P. a.: expurgātus, a, um, pure, clear; comp.:

    mens,

    Rufin. Orig. de Princ. 1, 1, 7.

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  • 4 com-probō (conp-)

        com-probō (conp-) āvī, ātus, āre,    to approve, assent to, sanction, acknowledge: sententiam: (bellum) ab omnibus comprobatur: orationem omnium adsensu, L.: alqd publice, N.—To prove, establish, attest, make good, show, confirm, verify, vindicate: nec hoc oratione solum, sed vitā: comprobat hominis consilium fortuna, Cs.: conprobato eorum indicio, S.: interitu (servi) esse ab hoc comprobatum venenum.

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  • 5 pūrgō

        pūrgō āvī, ātus, āre    [purus+1 AG-], to free from what is superfluous, make clean, make pure, clean, cleanse, purify: piscīs ceteros purga, bone, T.: falcibus locum, cleared the ground: domum muribus, Ph.: educ omnīs tuos, purga urbem: miror morbi purgatum te illius, H.— To clear the body, purge: quid radix ad purgandum possit<*> Qui purgor bilem, purge myself of, H.— To clear away, remove: ligonibus herbas, O.: scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum, melts away, V.: Cultello unguīs, trim, H.—Fig., of persons, to clear from accusation, excuse, exculpate, justify: Sullam ipsius virtus purgavit: me tibi: Caesarem de interitu Marcelli: si sibi purgati esse vellent, Cs.: civitatem facti hostilis, L.— To remove, refute, repel, justify: Aut ea refellendo aut purgando vobis corrigemus, T.: factum, O.: facinus, Cu.: purgandis criminibus, by disproving: suspicionem, remove, L.: ea, quae ipsis obicerentur, refute, L. — To establish, vindicate, plead: innocentiam suam, L.: viri factum (esse) purgantes cupiditate atque amore, pleading in excuse, L.: purgantibus iis multitudinis concursu factum, L.—In religion, to make atonement for, expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate: populos, O.: nefas, O.
    * * *
    purgare, purgavi, purgatus V
    make clean, cleanse; excuse

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  • 6 justifico

    justificare, justificavi, justificatus V TRANS
    act justly towards, do justice to; justify/make just; forgive/pardon; vindicate

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  • 7 vendico

    vendicare, vendicavi, vendicatus V
    claim, vindicate; punish, avenge; (alternative spelling of vindico)

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  • 8 vindico

    vindicare, vindicavi, vindicatus V
    claim, vindicate; punish, avenge

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  • 9 defendo

    dē-fendo, di, sum ( infin. pass. parag.: defendier, Verg. A. 8, 493: Juv. 15, 157.— Part. gen. plur. sync.:

    defendentum,

    Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. a. [arch.: FENDO; cf. Sanscr. han (ghan), to smite; Gr. theinô; hence, also offendo, infensus, infestus, mani-festus; cf. fustis], to fend or ward off any thing hostile or injurious; to repel, avert, keep off: propulsando arcere (for syn. cf.: tueor, tutor, servo, conservo. propugno, protego, vindico, caveo—freq. and class.); regularly constr. with acc. alone (so in Cic. and Caes.); very rarely aliquid (aliquem) ab aliquo, and in poets also aliquid alicui; cf. Zumpt. Gr. § 469.
    (α).
    Aliquid (aliquem):

    ut tu morbos calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, defendas averruncesque,

    Cato R. R. 141, 2: serva cives, defende hostes, cum potes defendere, Enn. ap. Non. 277, 21; cf.

    bellum (opp. inferre),

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 13; 2, 29 fin.:

    ad defendendos ictus ac repellendos,

    id. B. C. 2, 9, 3; cf.:

    ignis jactus et lapides,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 4:

    frigus et solem,

    Cato R. R. 48, 2; cf.:

    nimios solis ardores,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 53;

    and frigus,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 14;

    also: sitim fonte et purā lymphā,

    to quench, Sil. 7, 170:

    qui non defendit injuriam neque propulsat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; so,

    injuriam,

    id. Rosc. Am. 1:

    noxiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 48:

    imperatoris sui tribunorumque plebis injurias,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 7 fin.:

    vim suorum,

    id. ib. 3, 110, 4; cf.:

    vim illatam vi,

    Cic. Mil. 4:

    pericula,

    id. Mur. 3; Tac. A. 13, 56:

    hunc furorem,

    Verg. A. 10, 905:

    dedecus manu,

    Sil. 13, 99 et saep.:

    crimen,

    to answer, defend against an accusation, Liv. 42, 48, 2.—
    (β).
    With ab: (milites) a pinnis hostes defendebant facillime, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 1, 1; cf. ib. 8:

    hostem a fossa,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:

    ignem a tectis,

    Ov. R. Am. 625.—
    (γ).
    Aliquid alicui (cf. arceo, no. II. d.):

    iniuriam foribus,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 20:

    solstitium pecori,

    Verg. E. 7, 47; cf.:

    aestatem capellis,

    Hor. Od. 1, 17, 3; Prop. 1, 20, 11:

    tela misero,

    Sil. 17, 432:

    dedecus morti,

    id. 5, 490:

    senium famae,

    Stat. Th. 9, 318.—
    (δ).
    Absol., to put a stop (to a fire), to check the flames:

    nec quisquam defendere audebat, crebris minis restinguere prohibentium,

    Tac. A. 15, 38; cf.:

    urbem incendere, feris in populum immissis, quo difficilius defenderentur,

    Suet. Ner. 43.—
    II.
    Transf., like prohibere, with acc. of that from which any thing is warded off or averted, to defend, guard, protect, cover.
    A.
    In gen. (so most freq. in all perr. and species of composition), constr. with acc. alone; with acc. and ab aliquo (contra aliquid), or merely ab aliquo; and absol.
    (α).
    With simple acc.:

    Aeduos ceterosque amicos populi Rom.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 35 fin.:

    eos,

    id. ib. 2, 10, 4; id. B. C. 1, 6, 2:

    se armis,

    id. B. G. 6, 34:

    se manu,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 8;

    6, 40, 6 et saep.: castra,

    id. ib. 3, 3 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 67, 5; 3, 94, 6 (with tueri):

    oppidum,

    id. B. G. 3, 16, 3 et saep.:

    eum defendo, quem tu accusas,

    Cic. Sull. 17:

    aliquem apud praetores,

    id. Clu. 45, 126:

    aliquem de ambitu,

    id. Sull. 2, 6: cf.

    causam,

    id. Clu. 27, 74; id. Sull. 31, 86; id. Lael. 25, 96 et passim:

    d. ac tegere scelus,

    id. Sull. 31, 86; cf.

    with protegere,

    id. ib. 18, 50:

    justitiam,

    id. Lael. 7, 25:

    communem salutem,

    id. Rep. 1, 1; id. Mur. 2 fin. et saep.:

    locum,

    to preserve, maintain, id. Quint. 13, 43; cf.:

    vicem modo rhetoris atque poëtae,

    to sustain, Hor. S. 1, 10, 12:

    actorum partes,

    id. A. P. 194:

    aedes Vestae vix defensa est (sc. ab incendio),

    preserved, Liv. 26, 27.—
    (β).
    Aliquid (aliquem) ab aliquo:

    Aedui cum se suaque ab iis defendere non possent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 2:

    se a finitimis,

    id. ib. 2, 31, 5; id. B. C. 1, 75, 3; Sall. C. 45, 4 et saep.:

    Galliam omnem ab Ariovisti injuria,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31 fin.; so,

    aliquem ab injuria,

    id. ib. 5, 20, 3; Sall. C. 35 fin.; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22, 5:

    se regnumque suum ab Romanorum avaritia,

    Sall. J. 49, 2:

    provinciam non modo a calamitate, sed etiam a metu calamitatis,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 14: Italiam a vastatione, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 15 fin.:

    vitam ab inimicorum audacia telisque,

    Cic. Mil. 2 fin.:

    libertatis causam ab regio praesidio,

    Liv. 39, 24 et saep.:

    teneras myrtos a frigore,

    Verg. E. 7, 6:

    frondes ab acutae vulnere falcis, a pecoris morsu,

    Ov. M. 9, 384 et saep.—
    (γ).
    With ab aliquo:

    quod et ab incendio lapis et ab ariete materia defendit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23, 5; so id. B. C. 1, 25 fin.; 3, 63, 7.—
    (δ).
    Aliquem (aliquid) contra, or adversus aliquem:

    me scio a te contra iniquos meos solere defendi,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 7:

    sese adversus populum Romanum defendere,

    id. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

    me adversus Abrupolim,

    Liv. 42, 41, 10; Just. 2, 4, 32; Suet. Caes. 71; Liv. 5, 35, 4:

    auctoritatem contra invidiam,

    Cic. Phil, 8, 4; 13, 11; id. Fam. 5, 2, 6; id. Sest. 67, 141; 23, 51; 52, 111; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45.—
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    filii qui et sentire et defendere possent,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64 fin.:

    cum jam defenderet nemo,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 33, 6:

    defendentibus civibus Romanis,

    id. B. C. 3, 40, 6; cf. in the abl. absol., id. B. G. 2, 12, 3; id. B. C. 3, 68 fin.; Cic. Lael. 25, 96 et saep.:

    quibus eae partes ad defendendum obvenerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 81 fin. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of speech, to defend, support, maintain; to bring forward, allege in defence (so repeatedly in Cic.; elsewhere rare).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    (Carneades) nullam umquam in illis suis disputationibus rem defendit, quam non probarit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 38 fin.; cf. id. Fam. 4, 14:

    me id maxime defendisse, ut, etc.,

    have chiefly striven for, id. Rosc. Am. 47; id. Verr. 2, 3, 37; 2, 5, 58.—
    (β).
    With acc. and inf.:

    gravissimeque et verissime defenditur, numquam aequitatem ab utilitate posse sejungi, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 71; id. Verr. 2, 3, 90 fin.; id. Tull. 13, 32:

    ille nihil ex his sponte susceptum sed principi paruisse defendebat,

    Tac. A. 13, 43:

    sed id solitum esse fieri defendebat,

    Gell. 10, 19; so with verb pass. and inf., Cic. Inv. 2, 32 init. —
    (γ).
    With a relative clause:

    (quae turpitudines) cur non cadant in sapientem, non est facile defendere,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117. —
    2.
    In the later jurid. Lat., to claim, vindicate, or prosecute at law:

    quia libertatem et hereditatem ex testamento sibi defendebat,

    Dig. 5, 3, 7:

    si patris mortem defendere necesse habuerit,

    i. e. legally to avenge his death, ib. 38, 2, 14, § 7; 48, 2, 11.

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  • 10 justifico

    justĭfĭco, 1, v. a. [justificus].
    I.
    To act justly towards, do justice to one; with simple acc. of the pers. (post-class.):

    justificate viduam,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 19.—
    II.
    To justify, make just, forgive, pardon, vindicate (post - class.): malos, Coripp. Laud. Justini jun. 2 fin.:

    impium,

    Aug. Enar. in Psa. 110, 3; Vulg. Rom. 8, 30:

    ut ex fide justificemur,

    id. Gal. 3, 24 et saep.—Hence, justĭfĭcātus, a, um, P. a., justified (eccl. Lat.):

    baptismate,

    Prud. Apoth. 881; Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 36.— Comp.:

    Publicanus Pharisaeo justificatior discessit,

    Tert. Or. 13.

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  • 11 purgo

    purgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [contr. for purigo, from purum ago], to make clean or pure, to clean, cleanse, purify (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    oleam a foliis et stercore purgato,

    Cato, R. R. 65, 1: cum falcibus purgarunt locum, cleared the place, freed it from bushes, etc., Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; Liv. 24, 19:

    arva longis ligonibus,

    Ov. P. 1, 8, 59:

    domum muribus,

    Phaedr. 1, 22, 3:

    fossas,

    Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236:

    proprios leniter ungues cultello,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51: cana labra, i. e. to clear or free from beard, Mart. 9, 28, 5:

    pisces,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 22:

    segetes,

    Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.— Absol.:

    levi sarculo purgare,

    Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 241.—Mid.:

    purgor in amni,

    wash, Sil. 8, 125.—
    2.
    In partic., in medic. lang., to cleanse by stool, vomiting, etc., to purge:

    quid scammoneae radix ad purgandum possit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16; Cato, R. R. 157, 3:

    si is, qui saepe purgatus est, subito habet alvum suppressam,

    Cels. 2, 12:

    qui purgor bilem sub verni temporis horam,

    Hor. A. P. 302:

    se helleboro,

    Val. Max. 8, 7, 5 fin.:

    se per inferna aut vomitione,

    Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 51.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To make even by clearing away, to level, Inscr. Murat. 582 fin.; cf.:

    purgare viam proprie dicitur ad libramentum proprium redigere, sublato eo quod supra eam esset,

    Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 1.—
    2.
    To clear away, remove:

    rudera,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    vermes clavo aëneo,

    Pall. 4, 10, 4:

    lapides,

    id. 3, 6:

    sordes,

    Claud. in Eutr. 1, 383; cf.:

    scindit se nubes et in aethera purgat apertum,

    melts away, Verg. A. 1, 587.—
    b.
    In partic., in medicine, to remove or expel by purging, rinsing, etc., to heal, cure:

    purgatum te illius morbi,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 27:

    pituitas,

    Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 188:

    fastidium lauri folio,

    id. 8, 27, 41, § 101:

    suppurationes,

    id. 23, 1, 16, § 24:

    tarditatem aurium,

    id. 23, 2, 28, § 59:

    succus purgat cicatrices et nubeculas (oculorum),

    id. 27, 12, 85, § 109.—
    II.
    Trop., to cleanse, purify (syn. lustro).
    A.
    In gen.:

    pectora,

    Lucr. 6, 24:

    urbem,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10:

    amplissimos ordines contaminatos veteri neglegentiā purgavit,

    Suet. Vesp. 9:

    rationes,

    to clear up, settle, pay, id. Calig. 29.—
    B.
    To clear away, remove:

    metum doloris,

    Quint. 12, 2, 3.—
    C.
    In partic.
    1.
    To clear from accusation, to excuse, exculpate, justify (syn. excuso):

    ut me purgarem tibi,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28:

    QVIBVS DE REBVS VOS PVRGAVISTIS... QVOMQVE DE EIEIS REBVS SENATVEI PVRGATI ESTIS, S. C. de Tiburt. lin. 3 and 12 (ap. Grut. 499, 12): quod te mihi de Sempronio purgas, accipio excusationem,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3:

    cui se purgat,

    id. Or. 29, 230:

    ego me tibi purgo,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 1; so,

    Caesarem de interitu Marcelli,

    id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    si quis tibi se purgare volet, quod, etc.,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 9, 35:

    si parum vobis essem purgatus,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 6, 17:

    velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum, ne, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 8; cf. id. B. G. 1, 28:

    ea pars epistulae tuae, per quam te ac mores tuos mihi purgatos ac probatos esse voluisti,

    Cic. Att. 1, 17, 7; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 12:

    accedebant blanditiae virorum factum purgantium cupiditate atque amore,

    Liv. 1, 9 fin.:

    factum,

    Ov. P. 3, 2, 24:

    facinus,

    Curt. 7, 5, 39; 5, 12, 8:

    crimina,

    to disprove, Cic. Clu. 1, 3; Liv. 38, 48, 14; cf.

    probra,

    Tac. A. 4, 42:

    adulescentem crimine civilis belli,

    to acquit, id. ib. 3, 17:

    innocentiam suam,

    to vindicate, Liv. 9, 26:

    suspicionem,

    to remove, id. 28, 43:

    ea, quae ipsis obicerentur,

    to refute, id. 8, 23:

    purget miles, quod vicerit hostem,

    Sil. 7, 510:

    aliquem alicujus rei,

    Liv. 37, 28:

    se adversus alicujus criminationes purgare,

    Suet. Caes. 55:

    illi lacrimantes nunc purgare se,

    Curt. 5, 10, 11.—With acc. and inf.:

    laborare regem, ut purganti se nihil hostile dixisse aut fecisse, fides habeatur,

    Liv. 42, 14:

    qui purgarent nec accitos ab eo Bastarnas nec auctore eo quidquam facere,

    id. 41, 19.—
    2.
    To cleanse or purge from a crime or sin with religious rites, to make expiation or atonement for, to expiate, purify, atone for, lustrate, = expiare, lustrare ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    di patrii, purgamus agros, purgamus agrestes,

    Tib. 2, 1, 17:

    populos,

    Ov. F. 4, 640:

    myrtea verbena Romanos Sabinosque,

    Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119:

    pontifices purgantes moenia,

    Luc. 1, 593:

    domus purgantur lustranturque,

    Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105. —With the crime or act as an object: nefas, Ov. M. 13, 952:

    crimen gladio,

    Luc. 8, 518; Vulg. Ecclus. 47, 13.—Hence, purgā-tus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Cleansed, purified, pure ( poet.):

    auris,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:

    somnia pituitā purgatissima,

    Pers. 2, 57:

    purgatioris auri vena,

    Mart. Cap. 1, § 7 (cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 179).—
    B.
    Excused, exculpated: ita fiducia quam argumentis purgatiores dimittuntur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 310, 22, and ap. Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 28.—
    C.
    Pure, freed from sin (eccl. Lat.):

    vota purgatiora, Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 2: purgatissima ecclesia,

    id. Doctr. Christ. 2, 16:

    pietas,

    id. Ver. Rel. 1. —Hence, adv.: purgātē, purely:

    enucleate dicitur purgate, exquisite,

    Non. 60, 5.

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  • vindicate a title — index claim (demand) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • vindicate from unjust reproach — index exculpate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • vindicate — (v.) 1620s, to avenge or revenge, from L. vindicatus, pp. of vindicare (see VINDICATION (Cf. vindication)). Meaning to clear from censure or doubt, by means of demonstration is recorded from 1630s. Related: Vindicated, vindicating …   Etymology dictionary

  • vindicate — 1 justify, defend, *maintain, assert Analogous words: *support, uphold, advocate 2 exonerate, *exculpate, absolve, acquit Analogous words: *disprove, refute, confute: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • vindicate — [v] prove one’s innocence absolve, acquit, advocate, argue, assert, bear out, claim, clear, confute, contend, corroborate, defend, disculpate, disprove, do justice to, establish, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, extenuate, free, free from blame,… …   New thesaurus

  • vindicate — ► VERB 1) clear of blame or suspicion. 2) show to be right or justified. DERIVATIVES vindication noun. ORIGIN Latin vindicare claim, avenge …   English terms dictionary

  • vindicate — [vin′də kāt΄] vt. vindicated, vindicating [< L vindicatus, pp. of vindicare, to claim, avenge < ? vim, force (see VIM) + dicere, to say: see DICTION] 1. to clear from criticism, blame, guilt, suspicion, etc.; uphold by evidence or argument… …   English World dictionary

  • vindicate — vindicator, n. /vin di kayt /, v.t., vindicated, vindicating. 1. to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone s honor. 2. to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy.… …   Universalium

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