vindicate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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In the meantime, the justices will have vindicated, perhaps to a fault, a promise made on the front of their courthouse: “Equal Justice Under Law.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2012