What is the meaning of Vindicate?

To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

To justify by providing evidence.

To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.

To be proven reasonable, correct, or justified.

To provide justification for.

To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

To liberate; to set free; to deliver.

To avenge; to punish.

second-person plural present active imperative of vindicō

second-person singular voseo imperative of vindicar combined with te

Source: wiktionary.org