vindicate
— Verb
– English
～ show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
vindicate
— Verb
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～ maintain, uphold, or defend; "vindicate the rights of the citizens"
vindicated
— Adjective
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～ freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
vindication
— Noun
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～ the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.; "friends provided a vindication of his position"
vindication
— Noun
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～ the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"
vindicator
— Noun
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～ a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment"
vindicatory
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
vindicatory
— Adjective
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～ given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice"
vindicatory
— Adjective
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～ providing justification
vindictive
— Adjective
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～ disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; "more vindictive than jealous love"- Shakespeare; "punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature"- M.R.Cohen
vindictive
— Adjective
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～ showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite; "a despiteful fiend"; "a truly spiteful child"; "a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment"
vindictively
— Adverb
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～ in a vindictive, revengeful manner; "he plotted vindictively against his former superiors"
vindictiveness
— Noun
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～ a malevolent desire for revenge