Verb

To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

to vindicate someone's honor

To justify by providing evidence.

to vindicate a right, claim or title

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To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.

to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries

To provide justification for.

The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.

To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

(obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.

(obsolete) To avenge; to punish

A war to vindicate infidelity.

Verb

(en verb)

To confer some sort of eternal divine punishment upon.

To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.

The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire.

To scold sharply; to excoriate the perpetrators of.

The president condemns the terrorist.

The president condemns the terrorist attacks.

To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.

To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain

To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.

(legal) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.