vindico — meaning in English
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English meaning
- avenge verb To get retribution for a wrong or injury done to oneself or someone else.
- emancipate verb To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
- vindicate verb To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
Senses
vindico is used for these senses in English:
- avenge (transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
- avenge (transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
- emancipate To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
emancipate — full definition
- verb To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.
- verb To cause (a place) to be free from the colonization or rule of another entity.
- verb Often followed by from: chiefly with reference to slavery in the United States, and in Central and South America: to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery.
- verb To release (a minor) from the legal authority and custody which a parent or guardian has over them; also (Ancient Rome, historical), to release (a child) from the legal authority of the paterfamilias.