vindicated 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of vindicatednext
as in acquitted

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vindicated

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verb

past tense of vindicate
1
as in exonerated
to free from a charge of wrongdoing vowed that the evidence would completely vindicate him

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2
as in confirmed
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of recent discoveries have generally vindicated the physicist's theories

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindicated
  1. acquitted
  2. confirmed
  3. verified
  4. argued
Verb
  • The sentiment being more important than the form, Miss Manners thinks Persons A and B both acquitted themselves most graciously.
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Wallace, one of Hernandez’s two co-defendants in the Lloyd murder case, is convicted of accessory to murder after the fact and acquitted of murder.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of acquitted
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  • The flooding swept away 11 of the plastics facility’s employees, leaving two of them confirmed dead and four still missing, The Associated Press reported.
    Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Guinness World Record confirmed the micro-cube as the world’s smallest rotating puzzle cube in August.
    Chris Lau, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of confirmed
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  • Running until the final general election results come in, courted and verified, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the often blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But on October 5, 1974, David became the first modern traveler verified to have completed an on-foot circumnavigation of the globe.
    Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
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  • While sentencing closed a chapter of the case, Levy argued wreckage caused by the defendant will continue to resonate.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Teixeira's attorneys argued for a sentence on the low end of the range, noting that the maximum of 200 months would be more than the government sought against Julian Assange, who is accused of publishing a trove of classified documents.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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