Support and Vindicate

Support

Support verb - To continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections.
Usage example: we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them

Vindicate is a synonym for support. In some cases you can use "Vindicate" instead a verb "Support".

Vindicate

Vindicate verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Usage example: recent discoveries have generally vindicated the physicist's theories

Support is a synonym for vindicate in defend topic. You can use "Support" instead a verb "Vindicate", if it concerns topics such as maintain, justify.

Common collocations

work support work vindicate work
family support family vindicate family
album support album vindicate album
actions support actions vindicate actions
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