Exonerate vs. Vindicate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Exonerate and Vindicate
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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
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).
Exonerate
Release someone from (a duty or obligation)
Pope Clement V exonerated the king from his oath to the barons
Vindicate
To defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example).
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.
Exonerate
To free from a responsibility, obligation, or task.
Vindicate
(Obsolete) To exact revenge for; avenge.
Exonerate
To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
Vindicate
(transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
To vindicate someone's honor
Exonerate
Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
Vindicate
(transitive) To justify by providing evidence.
To vindicate a right, claim or title
Exonerate
(transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
Vindicate
(transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.
To vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
Exonerate
(transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
Vindicate
(transitive) To provide justification for.
The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
Exonerate
(archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.
Vindicate
(transitive) To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
Exonerate
To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
Vindicate
To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
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.
Vindicate
To avenge; to punish.
A war to vindicate infidelity
Exonerate
To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
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.
Exonerate
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
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.
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.
Vindicate
To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
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.
Vindicate
To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.
God is more powerful to exact subjection and to vindicate rebellion.
Vindicate
Show to be right by providing justification or proof;
Vindicate a claim
Vindicate
Maintain, uphold, or defend;
Vindicate the rights of the citizens
Vindicate
Clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof;
You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel
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