Synonyms of the word

vindicate

• v. To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
• v. To justify by providing evidence.
• v. To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.
• v. To provide justification for.
• v. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
• v. (obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
• v. (obsolete) To avenge; to punish.

acquit

• v. To declare or find not guilty; innocent.
• v. (followed by “of”, formerly by “from”) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability,…
• v. (obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
• v. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.
• v. (reflexive) To clear oneself.
• v. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one’s part.
• v. (obsolete) To release, set free, rescue.
• v. (archaic) past participle of acquit.

assoil

• v. (transitive, archaic) To absolve, acquit; to release from blame or sin.
• v. (archaic) To set free, release.
• v. To solve; to clear up.
• v. To expiate; to atone for.
• v. To remove; to put off.

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

defend

• v. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
• v. (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
• v. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
• v. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
• v. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing…
• v. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did…
• v. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.

discharge

• v. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
• v. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
• v. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
• v. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
• v. To expel or let go.
• v. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
• v. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
• v. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
• v. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
• v. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
• v. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the…
• v. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
• v. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or…
• v. To give forth; to emit or send out.
• v. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
• v. (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
• v. (obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
• n. (medicine, uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection…
• n. the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance.
• n. the act of expelling or letting go.
• n. (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge.
• n. (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
• n. (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
• n. (hydrology) the volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of…

exculpate

• v. To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.

exonerate

• v. (transitive, now rare) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
• v. (transitive) To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
• v. (transitive) To free from accusation or blame.
• adj. (archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

justify

• v. (transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
• v. (transitive) To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all…
• v. (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
• v. To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
• v. (law) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject…
• v. (law) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.

maintain

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• v. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
• v. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

uphold

• v. To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
• v. To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain.
• v. To support by approval or encouragement.