| 单词 | vindication |
| 释义 | vindication (once / 2181 pages) n Vindication is a sweet thing — when you get vindication, you've been proven right or justified in doing something. Everyone accused of a crime craves vindication. Vindication is good, but it can only come after something bad, like being accused of something you didn't do. If a teacher thought you cheated, but then announced to the whole class that you didn't, you're getting vindication. An accused criminal who is exonerated — cleared of the crime — gets vindication. If you believe something crazy — like that your underdog sports team could win a championship — and it comes true, that's a vindication of your beliefs. WORD FAMILYvindication: vindications+/vindicate: vindicated, vindicates, vindicating, vindication, vindicator, vindicatory/vindicator: vindicators USAGE EXAMPLESThose who opposed Mr. Trump should continue to call attention to these things — not to claim vindication, but to press for a different approach. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) For California Bay Area energy entrepreneur Michael Petras, Monday's arrests brought some sense of vindication. Reuters(Dec 24, 2016) What kind of contemptible individual mixes horror with vindication? The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) 1n the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. friends provided a vindication of his position Syn|Hypo|Hyper exoneration justification the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning rehabilitationvindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation clearing the act of freeing from suspicion 2n the justification for some act or belief Syn|Hypo|Hyper defence, defense apologia, apology a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly alibi(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question alibi, exculpation, excuse, self-justificationa defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. extenuation, mitigationa partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances justification a statement in explanation of some action or belief |
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