vindicate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
self-vindicating
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a word derived from
vindicate.
Example Sentences
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In her book “Hacks,” Brazile mostly delivers a campaign tale of a familiar sort: a score-settling and self-vindicating narrative.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2017
Quinn's recollections are as self-vindicating as those of an unsuccessful presidential candidate, but if one accepts her tale, she does have some grounds for griping.
From Time Magazine Archive
This self-vindicating epigram of Musset’s may be pronounced clever rather than satisfactory.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
Luther's acts are self-vindicating; they will approve themselves to the discriminating judgment of every reader of history.
From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau
