vindicated
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- freed from any question of guilt“is absolved from all blame”“was now clear of the charge of cowardice”“his official honor is vindicated”Synonyms: absolvedclearclearedexculpatedexonerated
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Vindicate \Vin"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vindicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vindicating.] [L. vindicatus, p. p. of vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge. See Vengeance.]
1.To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? The birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
2.To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title. [1913 Webster]
3.To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify. [1913 Webster]
When the respondent denies any proposition, the opponent must directly vindicate . . . that proposition.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]
Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
4.To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
5.To liberate; to set free; to deliver. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
I am confident he deserves much more That vindicates his country from a tyrant Than he that saves a citizen.— Massinger.[1913 Webster]
6.To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
God is more powerful to exact subjection and to vindicate rebellion.— Bp. Pearson.[1913 Webster]
Syn: To assert; maintain; claim. See Assert. [1913 Webster]