vindicator

American  

[vin-di-key-ter] / ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪ tər /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of vindicator

First recorded in 1560–70; vindicat(e) ( def. ) + -or ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2021

John Adams described just such a foreign policy when he wrote that America is “the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all” but “the champion and vindicator only of her own.”

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2018

She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.’”

From Time • May 21, 2015

The movie star, the vindicator of the victims, is Donziger, “a cross between George Clooney and an Easter Island statue” in Goldhaber’s happy phrasing. 

From Forbes • Sep. 8, 2014

Was it not ignoble to refuse the province of a vindicator of the injured, before any tribunal, however tremendous or unjust?

From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

Related Words

• advocate
• backer
• defender
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