Vindicate

['vɪndɪkeɪt] or ['vɪndɪket]

解释:

(verb.) clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; 'You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel'.

(verb.) maintain, uphold, or defend; 'vindicate the rights of the citizens'.

巴兹尔录入--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.

(v. t.) To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.

(v. t.) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.

(v. t.) To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.

手打:洛雷塔

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Justify, defend, uphold, speak for, contend for.[2]. Assert, maintain, support, stand by, make good.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Assert, maintain, uphold, clear, support, defend, claim, substantiate, justify,establish

ANT:Waive, abandon, surrender, forego, disprove, disestablish, neutralize, nullify,destroy, subvert, annul, vitiate

杜安整理

解释:

v.t. to lay claim to: to defend: to maintain by force.—n. Vindicabil′ity.—adj. Vin′dicable that may be vindicated or defended.—n. Vindicā′tion act of vindicating: defence: justification: support.—adj. Vin′dicātive vindicating: tending to vindicate: (Shak.) revengeful vindictive.—ns. Vin′dicātiveness vindictiveness; Vin′dicātor one who vindicates:—fem. Vin′dicātress.—adjs. Vin′dicātory tending to vindicate: inflicting punishment; Vindic′tive revengeful.—adv. Vindic′tively.—n. Vindic′tiveness.

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