Exonerate vs. Vindicate
Difference Between Exonerate and Vindicate
Exonerate➦
(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing
they should exonerate these men from this crime
an inquiry exonerated those involved
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Vindicate➦
To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof
"Our society permits people to sue for libel so that they may vindicate their reputations" (Irving R. Kaufman).
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Exonerate➦
release someone from (a duty or obligation)
Pope Clement V exonerated the king from his oath to the barons
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Vindicate➦
To defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example).
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Exonerate➦
To free from blame.
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Vindicate➦
To demonstrate or prove the value or validity of; justify
The results of the experiment vindicated her optimism.
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Exonerate➦
To free from a responsibility, obligation, or task.
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Vindicate➦
(Obsolete) To exact revenge for; avenge.
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Exonerate➦
To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
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Vindicate➦
(transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
to vindicate someone's honor
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Exonerate➦
Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
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Vindicate➦
(transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
to vindicate a right, claim or title
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Exonerate➦
(transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
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Vindicate➦
(transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
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Exonerate➦
(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
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Vindicate➦
(transitive) To provide justification for.
The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
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Exonerate➦
(archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.
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Vindicate➦
(transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
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Exonerate➦
To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
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Vindicate➦
To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
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Exonerate➦
To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.
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Vindicate➦
To avenge; to punish.
a war to vindicate infidelity
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Exonerate➦
To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
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Vindicate➦
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?The birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain.
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Exonerate➦
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
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Vindicate➦
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.
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Vindicate➦
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.
Laugh where we must, be candid where we can,But vindicate the ways of God to man.
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Vindicate➦
To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
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Vindicate➦
To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
I am confident he deserves much moreThat vindicates his country from a tyrantThan he that saves a citizen.
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Vindicate➦
To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.
God is more powerful to exact subjection and to vindicate rebellion.
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Vindicate➦
show to be right by providing justification or proof;
vindicate a claim
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Vindicate➦
maintain, uphold, or defend;
vindicate the rights of the citizens
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Vindicate➦
clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof;
You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel
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