Sami wanted to vindicate himself.
Source: tatoeba (6711817)
Vindicate
//ˈvɪn.dɪˌkeɪt//
Synonyms for "vindicate" (78 found)
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Related words (39)
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1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 22 languages.
Azerbaijani
3 entries- bəraət qazandırmaq verb (to provide justification)
- doğrultmaq verb (to provide justification)
- haqq qazandırmaq verb (to provide justification)
Bulgarian
3 entries- доказвам verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- оправдавам verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- отстоявам verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
Czech
4 entries- dát za pravdu verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- obhájit verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- obhájit verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- obhájit verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
Danish
4 entries- bevise verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- forsvare verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- renvaske verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- retfærdiggøre verb (to justify by providing evidence)
Dutch
4 entries- bevestigen verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- blaam zuiveren verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- doen gelden verb (to claim)
- gelijk geven verb (to provide justification)
Finnish
4 entries- osoittaa oikeaksi verb (to provide justification)
- perustella verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- puhdistaa verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- puolustaa verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
French
4 entries- affirmer verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- blanchir verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- défendre verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- faire valoir verb (to justify by providing evidence)
Georgian
2 entries- გამართლება verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- დაცვა verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
German
4 entries- beanspruchen verb (to claim)
- beweisen verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- einstehen für verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- entlasten verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉𐌽 verb (to justify by providing evidence)
Hungarian
1 entries- vindikál verb (to claim)
Latin
2 entries- vindicō verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- vindicō verb (to justify by providing evidence)
Māori
1 entries- whakaharakore verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- daxwaz kirin verb (to claim)
- pak kirin verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- parastin verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- peyitandin verb (to justify by providing evidence)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bevise verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- forfekte verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- forsvare verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- renvaske verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
Polish
4 entries- bronić verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- dowieść verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- dowodzić verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- obronić verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
Russian
3 entries- защища́ть verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- опра́вдывать verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- оправда́ть verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
Spanish
4 entries- defender verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- justificar verb (to provide justification)
- reclamar verb (to claim)
- vindicar verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
Swedish
2 entries- rentvå verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- rättfärdiga verb (to provide justification)
Tagalog
1 entries- linisin ang pangalan verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
Turkish
4 entries- haklı çıkarmak verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- ispat etmek verb (to justify by providing evidence)
- müdafaa etmek verb (to maintain or defend a cause against opposition)
- müdafaa etmek verb (to provide justification)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́правдати verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- ви́правдати verb (to provide justification)
- виправдо́вувати verb (to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism)
- виправдо́вувати verb (to provide justification)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The findings vindicate warnings by local experts as to the poor quality of water in the nation’s capital.
Source: tatoeba (12009313)
History will vindicate him.
Source: tatoeba (12649064)
to vindicate someone's honor
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.