All vindicate synonyms

verb vindicate

• gloze — to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over).
• mix it up — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• intellectualize — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
• excuse — Attempt to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offense); seek to defend or justify.
• lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
• whitewash — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
• warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
• do justice to — to show to full advantage
• exonerate — (especially of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case.
• intellectualise — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
• hold to — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
• clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
• assert — If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
• counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
• make a stand — to take a position for defense or opposition
• go with — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• hang in — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
• hit up — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
• make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
• advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
• challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
• claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
• ask for — to try to obtain by requesting
• hold with — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
• lay claim to — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
• explain — Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.
• guarantied — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
• bear out — If someone or something bears a person out or bears out what that person is saying, they support what that person is saying.
• counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
• have at — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
• amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
• call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
• exculpate — Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing.
• go at — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• guarantying — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
• avenge — If you avenge a wrong or harmful act, you hurt or punish the person who is responsible for it.
• make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
• contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
• brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
• gloss over — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
• make amends — reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
• justify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
• absolve — If a report or investigation absolves someone from blame or responsibility, it formally states that he or she is not guilty or is not to blame.