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acquit
To declare or find not guilty; innocent.
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  1. To declare or find not guilty; innocent.
  2. To clear (a person) of a charge, as by declaring him or her not guilty; exonerate
  3. (Followed by “of”, formerly by “from”) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge.
free
To make available:
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  1. To make available:
  2. To make free, as from confinement or oppression:
  3. To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear:
absolve
To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
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  1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
  2. To give religious absolution to
  3. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; acquit
second
To indicate formally one's approval or support of (a motion, nomination, etc.) as a necessary preliminary to discussion of or a vote on it
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  1. To indicate formally one's approval or support of (a motion, nomination, etc.) as a necessary preliminary to discussion of or a vote on it
  2. A unit of time equal to1 /60 of a minute. &diamf3; A sidereal second is1 /60 of a sidereal minute, and a mean solar second is1 /60 of a mean solar minute.
  3. To act as an aide or second to; aid; assist
support
To back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid.
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  1. To back a cause, party etc. mentally or with concrete aid.
  2. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
  3. To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
prove
To be shown to be such; turn out:
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  1. To be shown to be such; turn out:
  2. To show (oneself) to be what is specified or to have a certain characteristic:
  3. To verify (the result of a calculation).
warrant
To authorize; to give (someone) warrant or sanction (to do something).
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  1. To authorize; to give (someone) warrant or sanction (to do something).
  2. To serve as justification or reasonable grounds for (an act, belief, etc.)
  3. To justify; to give grounds for.
absolve
To free from guilt or suspicion; for example, when evidence proves that a suspect is innocent of a crime.
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  1. To free from guilt or suspicion; for example, when evidence proves that a suspect is innocent of a crime.
  2. To give religious absolution to
  3. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
clear
(Informal) All the way; completely:
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  1. (Informal) All the way; completely:
  2. To become clear, unclouded, etc.
  3. In a clear manner; so as to be clear
exculpate
To free from blame; declare or prove guiltless
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  1. To free from blame; declare or prove guiltless
  2. To clear of suspicion; to determine the innocence of another. To clear of suspicion; to determine the innocence of another.
  3. To clear of guilt or blame.
exonerate
To free from a charge or the imputation of guilt; declare or prove blameless; exculpate
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  1. To free from a charge or the imputation of guilt; declare or prove blameless; exculpate
  2. To relieve of (a duty, obligation, etc.)
  3. To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate. To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate.
acquit
To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.
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  1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.
  2. To clear (a person) of a charge, as by declaring him or her not guilty; exonerate
  3. (Reflexive) To clear one’s self.
purge
(Law) To clear (a person) of a charge or conviction.
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  1. (Law) To clear (a person) of a charge or conviction.
  2. To become clean, clear, or pure
  3. (Computers) To clear (a storage device) of unwanted data.
apologize
(Intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
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  1. (Intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
  2. (Intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
defend
To make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm:
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  1. To make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm:
  2. To protect (a goal, etc.) against scoring by an opponent
  3. To support, maintain, or justify
justify
(Law) To show an adequate reason for something done
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  1. (Law) To show an adequate reason for something done
  2. To demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid:
  3. To prove qualified as surety
maintain
To keep in existence; sustain:
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  1. To keep in existence; sustain:
  2. To defend or hold against criticism or attack:
  3. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain:
excuse
To serve as justification for:
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  1. To serve as justification for:
  2. To apologize for (oneself) for an act that could cause offense:
  3. To give permission to leave; release:
justify
To demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid:
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  1. To demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid:
  2. To prove qualified as surety
  3. (Law) To show an adequate reason for something done
rationalize
To dismiss or minimize the significance of something by means of an explanation or excuse.
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  1. To dismiss or minimize the significance of something by means of an explanation or excuse.
  2. To think in a rational or rationalistic way.
  3. To explain or justify (one's behavior) with incorrect reasons or excuses, often without conscious awareness:
assert
To put into action boldly; employ or demonstrate:
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  1. To put into action boldly; employ or demonstrate:
  2. To defend or maintain (one's rights, for example).
  3. To maintain or defend (rights, claims, etc.)
claim
To state as a fact or as one's belief (something that may be called into question); assert
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  1. To state as a fact or as one's belief (something that may be called into question); assert
  2. To deserve or call for; require:
  3. To demand, ask for, or take as one's own or one's due:
avenge
To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge:
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  1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge:
  2. To take vengeance on behalf of, as for a wrong
  3. To get revenge for (an injury, wrong, etc.)
pay back
To pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay
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  1. To pay an amount of money owed to another, to repay
pay off
(Intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
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  1. (Intransitive) To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.
  2. (Informal) To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
  3. To pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on.
redress
To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
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  1. To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.
  2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
  3. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
repay
To pay back.
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  1. To pay back.
  2. To pay back:
  3. To give back, either in return or in compensation:
requite
To get revenge on (another) for wrongdoing.
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  1. To get revenge on (another) for wrongdoing.
  2. To return in kind; To repay; to recompense; to reward.
  3. (Now Rare) To give or do in return
fix
To assign; attribute:
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  1. To assign; attribute:
  2. (--- Informal) To take revenge upon (someone); get even with.
  3. To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means:
wreak
(Archaic) To take vengeance for; avenge.
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  1. (Archaic) To take vengeance for; avenge.
  2. To give vent to or act upon (one's feelings):
  3. To bring about (damage or destruction, for example):
Find another word for vindicate. In this page you can discover 52 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for vindicate, like: acquit, free, absolve, plead for, second, support, prove, bear out, warrant, absolve and excuse.

Sentence Examples

  • Miracles alone cannot vindicate the divinity of immoral doctrine.

  • It reasserts them, with resolute loyalty; but if philosophy ought to vindicate, to explain, perhaps incidentally to modify, even, it may be, to purify our primary beliefs, intuitionalism is hardly a philosophy at all.

  • But in addition to bringing forward a fundamental and philosophical view of morbid processes, which probably contributed more than any other single cause to vindicate for pathology the place which he claimed for it among the biological sciences, Virchow made many important contributions to histology and morbid anatomy and to the study of particular diseases.

  • They shared in every danger and in every success, and each was expected to vindicate the honour of another as promptly and zealously as his own.

  • The main object of the Moralists is to propound a system of natural theology, and to vindicate, so far as natural religion is concerned, the ways of God to man.

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