vindicated
正しさが証明された
解説 Definition
vindicated は vindicate（正しさを証明する、疑いを晴らす）の過去形・過去分詞です。判断や主張が後になって正しかったと示された場合や、人の疑いが晴れた場合に使います。
Vindicated is the past-tense and past-participle form of vindicate. It means shown by evidence or later results to have been right, justified, or free from blame or suspicion.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
vindicated は vindicate に -ed を付けた過去形・過去分詞で、語末の e と -ed が重なって vindicated となり、末尾は /ɪd/ と一音節増えて発音します。be vindicated by evidence/results の形で、証拠や結果によって疑いが晴れ、判断・主張・人物の正しさが後から証明される場面を覚えましょう。
Think of vindicated as the moment when evidence finally clears doubt. A decision is vindicated by good results, a claim is vindicated by a report, or a person is vindicated when new evidence removes suspicion. This is stronger than merely being supported: it often suggests that the person or idea had previously been criticized, doubted, or blamed. Grammatically, vindicated is the regular past and past participle of vindicate. Since vindicate already ends in silent e, add d in spelling, and pronounce the ending as an extra /ɪd/ syllable after the final /t/ sound.
例文
Her decision was vindicated by the results.
結果によって、彼女の判断が正しかったことが証明されました。
He felt vindicated when the report supported his claim.
報告書が彼の主張を裏づけたとき、彼は正しさが証明されたと感じました。
The scientist was vindicated after new evidence appeared.
新しい証拠が出たあと、その科学者の正しさが証明されました。
vindicated の類義語・関連語
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vindicated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語vindicāreに由来し、「力(vim)」と「言う(dic)」が語根で接尾辞「-ate」が動詞化します。無実について力強く主張し事実を明らかにする過程が、そのまま「正しさや潔白が証明される」という現在の意味に直結しています。関連語にvindictiveがあります。
Vindicated is formed from vindicate with the regular past-participle ending -ed. Vindicate entered English from Latin vindicare, meaning to claim, defend, avenge, or set free, through a form associated with a claimant or protector. Its English senses developed around defending a right or clearing someone from blame. From there came the common modern use in which later facts or successful results demonstrate that a person, decision, or claim was justified.
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