vindicate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
was vindicating
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past progressiveof vindicate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Abdon Pallasch, the former Sun-Times reporter who alongside journalist Jim DeRogatis broke the initial story about Kelly’s abuse allegations, said Wednesday at the courthouse that the verdict was vindicating.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022
She was vindicating his choice to the man whose judgment on the matter was most vitally essential to him.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
I was vindicating myself, and still more the Government, and persuading the Indians to remain loyal, notwithstanding the wrongs they had endured.
From The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War by Annie Heloise Abel
The "Goths" in the Plate were united in a definite policy—loyalty to the only Spanish government that was vindicating the nationality.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
Roosevelt was vindicating, by a libel suit, his reputation for sobriety and temperance.
From The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock
