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vindicate
verb
- To free from a charge or imputation of guilt: absolve, clear, exculpate, exonerate.
Law: acquit, purge. See
law
- To support against arguments, attack, or criticism: apologize, defend, justify, maintain.
Idioms:
speak up for, stand up for, stick up for. See
support
- To show to be just, right, or valid: excuse, justify, rationalize.
Idiom:
make a case for. See
right
- To defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example): assert, claim. See
attack
- To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, pay off, redress, repay, requite.
Informal: fix.
Archaic: wreak.
Idioms:
even the score, get back at, get even with, pay back in kind (or in one's own coin), settle (or square) accounts, take an eye for an eye. See
forgiveness
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