vindicator

[ vin-di-key-ter ]

/ ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪ tər /

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a person or thing that clears someone of blame, suspicion, doubt, or the like, or that proves someone right through evidence or argument:His vindicator, the historian in charge of Soviet military archives, carefully analyzed the files and declared him innocent of working as a double agent.

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Origin of vindicator

First recorded in 1560–70; vindicat(e) + -or¹

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How to use vindicator in a sentence

It confers on the plaintiff the status of a vindicator of rights, and it puts on notice those who are, or might contemplate, acting on incorrect interpretations of the law.
Campus speech rules are hurting students. They deserve recompense — even if it’s just $1.|George Will|March 12, 2021|Washington Post
The late-life Vidal presented himself as a national conscience, a vindicator of small r-republican ideals against imperial excess.
Gore Vidal, 1925-2012|David Frum|August 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Youngstown Vindicator named 2011 the “Year of the Earthquakes” in Mahoning County.
Youngstown Rocks: Is Fracking Causing Earthquakes in Ohio?|John Avlon|January 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A fifth was added to the bloody catalogue, which roused the indignation of the virtuous Vindicator; and why?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844|Various

Thus again the abolitionist reappeared in the vindicator of our independence.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867|Various
Another vindicator of the South has appeared in an individual who is among those that have done honor to American literature.
Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments|Various
If there is not such a One, the Helper and Vindicator of meek fidelity, virtue has no sanction and well-doing no recompense.
Judges and Ruth|Robert A. Watson
It is ingeniously asserted by the vindicator that a servant of James brought the report that he had ridden away.
James VI and the Gowrie Mystery|Andrew Lang

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