vindication

noun

ˌvin-də-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce vindication (audio)
Definition of vindicationnext
as in pardon
a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing recanted testimony that resulted in a long-overdue vindication

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Recent Examples of vindication Bryan Sullivan, a lawyer for Jonasi, called the decision a vindication of his client’s right to free speech. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026 Trump paying this judgement is in some small way a vindication of those ideals; then there will be more consequences to come. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 Instead, much of the rest of the soccer world will likely feel vindication – and more than a little bit of satisfaction at American humiliation on such a huge stage. — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 For Alston, the scale of the effort offers a personal vindication. — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for vindication
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindication
  1. pardon
  2. clearing
  3. forgiveness
  4. acquittal
  5. exoneration
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  • Under that pardon, Fauci would be immune from federal prosecution but could still face state or local charges.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But the pardon wouldn’t protect him from a state prosecution or from any perjury charge that could be drummed up from his testimony now.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of pardon
Noun
  • Investors are also hopeful that last month's crisis at Situational Awareness — in which the hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner had to unwind many of its AI trades — was a clearing event for the market.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • For the cover of the August 10, 2026, issue, the painter and graphic novelist Eric Drooker depicted the Guggenheim Museum as a cool clearing in a forest.
    — Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of clearing
Noun
  • His campaign is specifically boosting a change to Brazil's income tax system that charges less to people on low incomes and a debt forgiveness program that has quickly become very popular.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, borrowers are reporting increasing problems and errors that are delaying or derailing their ability to maintain access to affordable repayment plan programs and student loan forgiveness.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of forgiveness
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  • The government there charged Nelson Mandela and more than 150 other anti-apartheid activists with treason in a multi-year mass trial that ended in acquittal in 1961.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • At the civil trial in Burbank, just months after the criminal acquittal, Dubin grilled the 72-year-old actor on the stand for seven days.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of acquittal
Noun
  • The exoneration effort was a cause in which many of the festival participants were involved, and the Connecticut Witch and Culture Festival was a celebration of that success.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Administrative complaints start the discipline process that ends with exoneration or punitive action.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of exoneration

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