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vindication

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Main Entry: vindication
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: justification

Synonyms:

acquittal, apology, clearance, defense, exculpation, exoneration, pardon, proof, revenge

Antonyms:

blame, charge, conviction, guilt, indictment
Main Entry: vindication
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: defense

Synonyms:

compurgation, exoneration, extenuating circumstances, justification, mitigating circumstances, revenge, substantiation

Antonyms:

disproval
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Vindication.
Category: 2. Moral sentiments

Synonyms:

-nouns
vindication, justification, warant; exoneration, exculpation; acquittal; whitewashing., extenuation; palliation, palliative; softening, mitigation., reply, defense; recrimination., apology, gloss, varnish; plea; salvo; excuse, extenuating circumstances; allowance, allowance to be made; locus paenitentiae., apologist, vindicator, justifier; defendant., justifiable charge, true bill., justify, warrant; be an excuse for; lend a color, furnish a handle; vindicate; exculpate, disculpate; acquit; clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash; clear the skirts of., extenuate, palliate, excuse, soften, apologize, varnish, slur, gloze; put a gloss, put a good face upon; mince; gloss over, bolster up, help a lame dog over a stile., advocate, defend, plead one's cause; stand up for, stick up for, speak up for; contend for, speak for; bear out, keep in countenance, support; plead, [more]; say in defense; plead ignorance; confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for., take the will for the deed, make allowance for, do justice to; give one his due, give the Devil his due., make good; prove the truth of, prove one's case; be justified by the event.
-adjectives
vindicated, vindicating; exculpatory; apologetic., excusable, defensible, pardonable; venial, veniable; specious, plausible, justifiable.
-phrases
"honi sot qui mal y pense;" "good wine needs no bush."
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Main Entry: acquittal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: declaration removing blame

Synonyms:

absolution, acquitting, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, discharging, dismissal, dismissing, exculpation, exemption, exoneration, freeing, letting off, liberation, pardon, release, releasing, relief from, reprieve, vindication

Antonyms:

blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence
Main Entry: alibi
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence

Synonyms:

account, affirmation, airtight case, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cop-out, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, fish story, justification, plea, pretext, profession, proof, reason, reply, retort, song and dance, stall, statement, vindication
Notes: an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness
Main Entry: answer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reply; reaction

Synonyms:

acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, backcap, band-aid, close, comeback, comment, cooler, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff, interpretation, justification, key, lip, observation, parting shot, pay dirt, plea, quick fix, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, rhetorical question, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note, the ticket, topper, vindication, wisecrack

Antonyms:

question
Main Entry: apology
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: offering of remorse, regret

Synonyms:

acknowledgment, admission, amends, atonement, concession, confession, defense, excuse, explanation, extenuation, justification, mea culpa, mitigation, plea, redress, reparation, vindication

Antonyms:

accusation, censure, charge, complaint, condemnation, criticism, defiance, indictment
Main Entry: assertion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: declaration, positive statement

Synonyms:

affirmation, allegation, asservation, attestation, avowal, contention, defense, insistence, maintenance, mouthful, okay, predication, profession, pronouncement, report, say so, stamp of approval, stressing, two cents' worth, vindication

Antonyms:

denial, rejection
Main Entry: defense
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explanation, justification

Synonyms:

answer, apologetics, apologia, apologizing, apology, argument, cleanup, copout, exculpation, excuse, excusing, exoneration, explaining, extenuation, fish story, jive, off-time, plea, rationalization, rejoinder, reply, response, retort, return, song and dance, story, vindication, whitewash

Antonyms:

betrayal, capitulation, yielding
Main Entry: excuse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reason, explanation

Synonyms:

alibi, apology, cleanup, cop-out, cover story, cover*, coverup, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story, grounds, jive, justification, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, rationalization, regrets, routine, semblance, shift, song and dance, song*, stall, stopgap, story, substitute, subterfuge, trick*, vindication, whitewash, why and wherefore
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