vindicated
part of speech
verb, past form of vindicate (vindicate, vindicates, vindicated, vindicating); adjective (vindicated)
meaning for a pupil
1) Shown to be right after other people doubted you or blamed you. tree →
2) Cleared of blame or suspicion, so that people now know you did nothing wrong. tree →
3) (adjective) Feeling happy and proud because you have been proved right. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in stories, the news and law. It tells the reader that someone who was doubted, laughed at or wrongly blamed has been proved right or innocent. "I feel vindicated" means "I was right all along." Phrases: "be vindicated by", "feel vindicated", "fully vindicated".
examples
- When the lost money was found, Tom was vindicated. tree →
- The scientist was vindicated when the experiment worked. tree →
- She felt vindicated when the answer turned out to be the one she had said. tree →
- The new evidence vindicated the man who was wrongly accused. tree →
- Our team's plan was vindicated when we won the match. tree →
- Everyone laughed at his idea, but he was vindicated in the end. tree →
note
"Vindicated" is the past of "vindicate"; the noun is "vindication". It is a formal word. Do not confuse with "vindictive", which means wanting to hurt someone for revenge; that is a very different meaning.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «vindicated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.