Vindicate
91avenge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See retaliation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. retaliate, requite, punish for; see revenge . See Synonym Study at revenge . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. revenge, retaliate, take vengeance, *pay back …
92clear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. clear cut, plain, sharp, understandable; fair, unclouded, cloudless, fine; open, evident; lucid, pellucid, transparent, limpid; liquid, pure, silvery; innocent. v. clarify; extricate, free; realize …
93exculpate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exonerate (see vindication). Ant., convict. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. absolve, exonerate, forgive; see excuse . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. absolve, forgive, clear, exonerate, acquit, vindicate …
94excuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pardon, remit, overlook, condone, forgive, extenuate, justify; exonerate, absolve, acquit, exempt, free, apologize. See vindication, exemption, forgiveness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An explanation]… …
95rationalize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. explain away, justify; organize. See interpretation, cause. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To justify] Syn. explain away, vindicate, reconcile; see excuse , justify 2 . 2. [To reason] Syn. think, deliberate,… …
96revenge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. &v. See retaliation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of returning an injury] Syn. vengeance, requital, reprisal, getting even, measure for measure, an eye for an eye, blow for blow, tit for tat,… …
97vindication — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Clearing from an accusation Nouns 1. vindication, justification, warrant; exoneration, exculpation; acquittal; whitewashing; extenuation; palliation, softening, mitigation. See justice. 2. reply, defense …
98Revenge — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Revenge >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 revenge revenge revengement Sgm: N 1 vengeance vengeance Sgm: N 1 avengement avengement avengeance| sweet revenge vendetta death feud blood for blood retaliation &c. 718 …
99Vindication — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vindication >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vindication vindication justification warrant Sgm: N 1 exoneration exoneration exculpation Sgm: N 1 acquittal acquittal &c. 970 Sgm: N 1 whitewashing whitewashing …
100condition — [14] Latin condīcere originally meant literally ‘talk together’ – it was a compound verb formed from the prefix com ‘together’ and dicere ‘talk’ (whose base dic forms the basis of a wide range of English words from abdicate to vindicate,… …
