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Bvpraveen Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Clarification : Vindicated

Friends,

Does "vindicated" mean "to set off free"?

Context : "I stood VINDICATED" ( By one politician.)

Praveen.
  

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Vincicate can mean to clear of suspicion or blame establish the merits, existance or proof of something disputed justify by evidence or argument so the exact meaning will depend on the context but from your suggested meaning I guess he was accused of a crime perhaps? In that case the first meaning applies.

  • Vincicate can mean to clear of suspicion or blame establish the merits, existance or proof of something disputed justify by evidence or argument so the exact meaning will depend on the context but from your suggested meaning I guess he was accused of a crime perhaps?
  • In that case the first meaning applies.
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Vincicate can mean

to clear of suspicion or blame
establish the merits, existance or proof of something disputed
justify by evidence or argument

so the exact meaning will depend on the context but from your suggested meaning I guess he was accused of a crime perhaps? In that case the first meaning applies.
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You are right in the context.

Is this correct : "The police arrested the person when his enemy vindicated the police with his passport"

Meaning: When his enemy gave his passport for evidence, the police arrested him

Or paraphrase it, Please.
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Afraid not, Praveen. here you would need to use "incriminated" I think. Webster defines this as "to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault"

I think you are trying to say that the police arrested the man after his enemy gave the police some evidence against him (?)

If that were so, you would say
"The police arrested the person when his en
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Afraid not, Praveen. here you would need to use "incriminated" I think. Webster defines this as "to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault"

I think you are trying to say that the police arrested the man after his enemy gave the police some evidence against him (?)

If that were so, you would say
"The police arrested the person when his en
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Understood very well.

Thanks.

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