vindicate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
has vindicated
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present perfectof vindicate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The report, the WCC says, has vindicated its stand.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024
More than two decades later, the details of his case and the long and winding road the state has taken toward an execution has vindicated Breyer’s 2015 dissent in Glossip v.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2022
Time has vindicated Harmon’s tenacity in realizing his creative vision, whatever the cost in alienating bewildered viewers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
By the time we learn that Lippman taught them "to eat a piece of watermelon with a knife and a fork," the story has vindicated Updike's verdict.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2021
Yet this Gosson dedicated his work to Sir Philip Sidney, a great lover of plays, and one who has vindicated their morality in his "Defence of Poesy."
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli
