Vindicate vs Revenge - What's the difference?
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To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
To justify by providing evidence.
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To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.
To provide justification for.
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
(obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
(obsolete) To avenge; to punish
Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.
(label) A win by the previous loser.
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*:“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge ”.
(reflexive) To take one's revenge (on'' or ''upon ) someone.
* Shakespeare
To take for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
* Ld. Berners
* Dryden
(archaic) To take vengeance; to revenge itself.
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between vindicate and revenge
is that vindicate is to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism while revenge is to take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.As a noun revenge is
any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.vindicate
English
Verb
- to vindicate someone's honor
- to vindicate a right, claim or title
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- to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
- The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
- A war to vindicate infidelity.
revenge
English
(wikipedia revenge)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* payback, wreak * See alsoDerived terms
* Montezuma's revenge * revengeful * revenge is a dish best served cold * revengement * revengerSee also
* vendetta * avenge * vengeance * get one's own back * get back at somebody * retaliateVerb
- Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, / Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius.
- to revenge the death of our fathers
- The gods are just, and will revenge our cause.
- Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time.
- A bird that will revenge upon you all.