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
The report provides vindication for economists like Apollo’s Torsten Slok, who have stayed bullish despite widespread pessimism.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
For the team at Skyfall, the exchange served as a vindication, demonstrating Ukraine’s ability to out-engineer the Russians in one of the most crucial weapons in this war.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Harrison treated it as karmic vindication for trading Luka Doncic a few months earlier, for enduring the outrage from the Dallas community and the criticism from media, rival front offices and fans nationally.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Defensive tackle Leonard Williams is understanding of the vindication Lawrence feels.
—Calvin Watkins
feb. 2, Dallas Morning News, 2 Feb. 2026
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
For the team at Skyfall, the exchange served as a vindication, demonstrating Ukraine’s ability to out-engineer the Russians in one of the most crucial weapons in this war.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Harrison treated it as karmic vindication for trading Luka Doncic a few months earlier, for enduring the outrage from the Dallas community and the criticism from media, rival front offices and fans nationally.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
Defensive tackle Leonard Williams is understanding of the vindication Lawrence feels.
—Calvin Watkins
feb. 2, Dallas Morning News, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vindication
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The data shows that the money is pouring in from leaders of the crypto and fossil fuel industries; other businesspeople whose companies hold large government contracts; and wealthy individuals who have received key administration appointments or even presidential pardons for family members.—
Daniel Weiner,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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That case ended in December 2023 when President Joe Biden granted Saab a pardon as part of a prisoner exchange agreement with the Maduro regime.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
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Some mines are programmed to ignore the first ship that passes, detonating only on the fifth, just so that the mine-clearing team goes through safely and the tanker behind it takes the hit.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Most owls like to have a clearing nearby for hunting.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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The kind of instigating prompt was my former teacher, the author Lydia Yuknavitch, asking where the rage lived in my work, because Long Live was so much about forgiveness and tenderness and understanding.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
10 Mar. 2026
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Again, not as dramatic as forgiveness or as frugal as full steam ahead.—
Howard Dvorkin,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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The prosecution was dropped in October 2008 after a jury split 10 to 2 in favor of acquittal.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Ali handed the money to a relative of Juror 52 and said there would be more money if the juror voted for acquittal in the trial.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
5 Mar. 2026
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The country had yet to hold the first Marcos to account for plunder and human-rights abuses, and this election seemed an exoneration of both his and Rodrigo Duterte’s sins.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Travis County District Attorney José Garza, whose office played a key role in Mejia’s exoneration, praised the federal government’s decision to lift the immigration hold.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Vindication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vindication. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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