vindicate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
self-vindicated
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a word derived from
vindicate.
Example Sentences
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Browning's passion is of utter self-sacrifice, self-annihilation, self-vindicated by its irresistible intensity.
From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Hiram Corson
There stood the modern Hercules, self-vindicated as a Hercules, before all eyes that looked at him.
From Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
Mr. Green stood self-vindicated by his very position—while the labour of Sisiphus devolved on Mr. Freeman.
From Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. by Jonathan Harrington Green
