Definition of Vindicate

to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism

Examples of Vindicate in a sentence

Although the new evidence seems to vindicate the defendant of the breaking and entering charges, there is still the matter of the assault. 🔊

Don’t even try to use your charm and good looks to vindicate your obnoxious behavior last night. 🔊

You can vindicate your claim to this property by showing us the original deed. 🔊

If he can vindicate his client of the charges in spite of the circumstantial evidence against him, he will be performing a miracle. 🔊

If you want me to vindicate your point of view, you’re going to have to explain your ideas to me in a way that I can understand. 🔊

While your apology doesn’t vindicate your action, it may help to provide some comfort for the people who were harmed by it. 🔊

The novel takes an unexpected turn when the reader believes the protagonist is going to present evidence to vindicate his brother and keep him out of jail, and the evidence turns out to be his own confession. 🔊

Because returning the items you shoplifted doesn’t totally vindicate you of all charges, you will need to perform twenty hours of community service. 🔊

Despite my promise to vindicate him with his parents, he still didn’t trust me to tell them the truth about what had happened. 🔊

After his last novel received such harsh reviews from the critics, Byron determined to vindicate himself by writing the greatest work of his career. 🔊

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