English-Spanish translations for vindicate

• defender
• justificar
  Bueno, pues esta es nuestra oportunidad de justificar este alarde. Well, here is our chance to vindicate that boast.
  Soy consciente de que poco se puede hacer en esta fase, aunque lamentablemente creo que los acontecimientos futuros justificarán mi postura. I realise that there is little to be done at this stage, but unfortunately feel my position will be vindicated by future events.
  Todo ello viene a justificar a los que hemos sido los primeros en denunciar los motivos reales y los peligros reales de la «Constitución europea» y los primeros en pedir que se rechace de plano. All of which vindicates those of us who have been the first to denounce the real motives and the real dangers of the ‘European Constitution’ and the first to call for it to be rejected out of hand.
• reclamar
• reivindicar
  La UE tiene ahora la oportunidad de reivindicar un lugar en el orden mundial actuando como mediador de esta estrategia. The EU can now vindicate its claim to a place on the world stage by brokering this strategy.
  Hay que reivindicar el honor perdido -una expresión grata al escritor alemán Heinrich Böll- de los productores de pepinos. We must vindicate the lost honour - an expression much to the taste of the German author Heinrich Böll - of cucumber producers.
  Espero que lo sea; de lo contrario, las buenas intenciones se irán a pique sin ninguna duda, y en este caso se reivindicará el antiguo dicho de que lo mejor puede ser enemigo de lo bueno. I hope it is; otherwise, good intentions will founder here for sure and the old saying that the best can be the enemy of the good will be vindicated.
• vindicar

Definition of vindicate

• To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism
• To justify by providing evidence
• To maintain or defend against opposition
• To provide justification for
• To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim
• To avenge; to punish

Examples

• to vindicate someones honor
• to vindicate a right, claim or title
• 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

Related words

• vindication
• vindicativeness
• rei vindicatio