vindicate

  1. Verb.  To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
  2. Verb.  To justify by providing evidence.
  3. Verb.  To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.
  4. Verb.  To provide justification for.
  5. Verb.  To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
  6. Verb.  (obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
  7. Verb.  (obsolete) To avenge; to punish.

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