vindicate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
had vindicated
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past perfectof vindicate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A firearms officer awarded £30,000 after she was "stripped down to her underwear" during a training exercise said the decision had "vindicated" her.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
At the news conference in Serbia, Djokovic’s brother Djordje spoke repeatedly about the transparency of the process that had vindicated his brother.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Footage shows Knox jumping up and down inside her Seattle home after she and her family learned last March that the Court of Cassation had vindicated the pair for Kercher’s murder.
From Time ● Sep. 29, 2016
Van Hollen said the Supreme Court had "vindicated" the administration's arguments.
From Reuters ● Jun. 15, 2011
However, feeling that the deer had vindicated me, I had a pride in him, and kept him from a timely end.
From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Henry Wallace Phillips
