justify; acquit, exonerate, absolve
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Vindicate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
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.
To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
(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.
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 liberate; to set free; to deliver.
To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
(v. t.)
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
(v. t.)
To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.
vindicate
\vin"di*cate\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. vindicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. vindicating.] [l. vindicatus, p. p. of vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge. see vengeance.]
1. to lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim. [r.] is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? the birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain.
2. 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.
3. to support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify. when the respondent denies any proposition, the opponent must directly vindicate that proposition. watts. laugh where we must, be candid where we can, but vindicate the ways of god to man.
4. to maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
5. to liberate; to set free; to deliver. [obs.] i am confident he deserves much more that vindicates his country from a tyrant than he that saves a citizen.
6. to avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity. [obs.] god is more powerful to exact subjection and to vindicate rebellion. pearson.
To prove true, right, or real.
Show to be right
EG:Do not waste a minute -- not a second -- in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does not vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate it.(HIGGINSON)
EG:Do not waste a minute -- not a second -- in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does not vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate it.(HIGGINSON)
Verb
1. show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
(synonym) justify
(hypernym) uphold, maintain
(hyponym) excuse, explain
(derivation) defense, defence, vindication
2. maintain, uphold, or defend; "vindicate the rights of the citizens"
(hypernym) maintain, defend
(derivation) apologist, vindicator, justifier
3. clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel"
(hypernym) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
Vindicate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A differential diagnosis (sometimes abbreviated DDx, ddx, DD, D/Dx, or ΔΔ) is a systematic diagnostic method used to identify the presence of an entity where multiple alternatives are possible (and the process may be termed differential diagnostic procedure), and may also refer to any of the included candidate alternatives (which may also be termed candidate condition). This method is essentially a process of elimination or at least of obtaining information that shrinks the "probabilities" of candidate conditions to negligible levels. The "probabilities" at issue are epistemic rather than ontological in that they are imaginative parameters in the mind of the diagnostician (or, for computerized or computer-assisted diagnosis, the software of the system), while in reality the target (such as a patient) either has a condition or not with an actual probability of either 0 or 100%.
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