Thesaurus / vindicate
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synonyms for vindicate
- absolve
- acquit
- corroborate
- defend
- disprove
- exonerate
- justify
- prove
- refute
- substantiate
- uphold
- advocate
- argue
- assert
- claim
- clear
- confute
- contend
- establish
- exculpate
- excuse
- extenuate
- free
- guard
- maintain
- protect
- rationalize
- rehabilitate
- second
- shield
- support
- warrant
- whitewash
- bear out
- disculpate
- do justice to
- free from blame
- plead for
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Barrios said Monday that his opponent, San Diego Community College Trustee Sean Elo-Rivera, was behind the allegations of financial impropriety, but erroneously claimed that he had already been vindicated by four different organizations.
GÓMEZ ‘PAUSING’ BARRIOS SUPPORT AMID CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONANDREW KEATTSAUGUST 26, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOLate Monday, Barrios issued a press release defending himself, in which he made four specific claims about the various entities that had already vindicated him of the charges.
MORNING REPORT: NURSING HOME OVERSIGHT FALTERSVOICE OF SAN DIEGOAUGUST 26, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAfter the Union-Tribune reported he was under criminal investigation, Kelvin Barrios, a candidate in the District 9 City Council race, issued a press release announcing four ways in which he had been vindicated.
BARRIOS MAKES DUBIOUS CLAIMS ON INVESTIGATIONS INTO HIS SPENDINGJESSE MARXAUGUST 25, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOLet’s go after the bad guys, even those who committed these violations two or three years ago, beyond the previous statute of limitations, and make sure that the consumer interest is vindicated here.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? (EP. 406)STEPHEN J. DUBNERFEBRUARY 20, 2020FREAKONOMICSMaybe at some level, we may be drawn to those stories perhaps because they may seem to vindicate our own failures to intervene in some cases.
5 PSYCHOLOGY TERMS YOU’RE PROBABLY MISUSING (EP. 334 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJANUARY 9, 2020FREAKONOMICSI thought it not convenient to vindicate him much now, but time will serve when I will do it, and I am bound to do it.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, COMPLETESAMUEL PEPYSShe could not vindicate her friend without criminating her father.
THE TWO ADMIRALSJ. FENIMORE COOPERBut I cannot vindicate Kingston society against the charge of surpassing dulness.
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY, VOL. 4, NO 3, SEPTEMBER 1863VARIOUSI write this story not to vindicate my own wit nor to point out new paths for human thought to follow.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVISIn this manner did Providence take the cunning persecutor in his own snare, and vindicate the cause of his oppressed people.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COXWORDS RELATED TO VINDICATE
- acquit
- bleach
- blink at
- clear
- discharge
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- forgive
- free
- go easy on
- launder
- let off
- let off easy
- let off the hook
- let up on
- liberate
- lifeboat
- loose
- pardon
- release
- relieve
- sanitize
- set free
- spare
- spring
- vindicate
- whitewash
- wink at
- wipe it off
- wipe the slate clean
- write off
- advance
- advise
- argue for
- back
- be in corner
- bless
- bolster
- boost
- brace up
- build up
- campaign for
- champion
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- get on bandwagon
- give a leg up
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- go with
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- justify
- plead for
- plug
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- promote
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- push
- recommend
- ride shotgun for
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- sides
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- advancing
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- giving a lift
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- promoting
- proposing
- pushing
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- riding shotguning for
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- saying so
- siding
- speaking for
- spreading around
- stump for
- supporting
- touting
- upholding
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- vindicating
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