[with obj.]clear (someone) of blame or suspicion 证明…是清白的,证明…是无辜的 hospital staff were vindicated by the inquest verdict. 验尸结论证明医院职员没有责任。 ■show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified 证明…正确(或合理、正当) more sober views were vindicated by events. 事件证明更冷静的思考是必要的。
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'deliver, rescue'): from Latin vindicat- 'claimed, avenged', from the verb vindicare, from vindex, vindic- 'claimant, avenger'