vindicate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
revindicate
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a word derived from
vindicate.
Example Sentences
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“Our aim is to revindicate the artistic legacy of Picasso and the relevance of his work,” said Spanish Culture Minister Miquel Iceta.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
The Grand Vizier of Turkey, in April, 1920, presented a note to the ambassadors of the Entente to revindicate the rights on certain vilayets of the Turkish Empire.
From Peaceless Europe by Francesco Saverio Nitti
The absurdity of all current attempts on the part of clerical apologists to revindicate it by scientific reason is set forth in detail.
From Memoirs of Life and Literature by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
The municipalities of Sceaux and St. Denis united at Vincennes to protest against the bombardment, revindicate the municipal franchises and the establishment of the Republic.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
The bells that ring, the peaks that climb, The frozen snow's unbroken curd Might yet revindicate in rhyme The pauseless stream, the absent bird.
From New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
