vindicated

/V IH1 N D AH0 K EY0 T IH0 D/
verb
  1. 1

    To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

    โ€œto vindicate someone's honorโ€

  2. 2

    To justify by providing evidence.

    โ€œto vindicate a right, claim or titleโ€

  3. 3

    To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.

    โ€œto vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countriesโ€

  4. 4

    To provide justification for.

    โ€œThe violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.โ€

  5. 5

    To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

  6. 6

    To liberate; to set free; to deliver.

  7. 7

    To avenge; to punish

    โ€œa war to vindicate infidelityโ€

adjective
  1. 1

    Justified, avenged or cleared of blame

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vindicate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vindicated