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Vindicate vs Innocent - What's the difference?

vindicate | innocent |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between vindicate and innocent

is that vindicate is (obsolete) to avenge; to punish while innocent is (obsolete) not harmful; innocuous; harmless.

As a verb vindicate

is to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

As an adjective innocent is

free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

As a noun innocent is

those who are innocent; young children.

vindicate

English

Verb

  • To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
    • to vindicate someone's honor
  • To justify by providing evidence.
    • to vindicate a right, claim or title
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Ukrainians immediately demanded a goal and their claims were vindicated as replays showed the ball crossed the line before Terry's intervention.}}
  • To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.
    • to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
  • To provide justification for.
    • The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
  • To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
  • (obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
  • (obsolete) To avenge; to punish
    • A war to vindicate infidelity.

    Related terms

    * vindication * vindicator * vindictive

    innocent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
  • * 1606 , , IV. iii. 16:
    • to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb
  • Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
  • Naive; artless.
  • * 1600 , , V. ii. 37:
    • I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;
  • (obsolete) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.
    • an innocent medicine or remedy
  • * Alexander Pope
    • The spear / Sung innocent , and spent its force in air.
  • Having no knowledge (of something).
  • Lacking (something).
  • Lawful; permitted.
    • an innocent trade
  • Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
    • innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation

    Synonyms

    * (free from blame or guilt) sackless * (free from sin) pure, untainted * See also

    Antonyms

    * (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act) guilty, nocent

    Related terms

    * innocence * innocently * innocuous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Those who are innocent; young children.
    • The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
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