Synonyms for vindication
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Noun
1. Exoneration — the action of vindicating; also, the state of being vindicated
exoneration, justification, acquittal, excuse, plea, exculpation, disculpation, quittance, compurgation, remission, absolution dated, acquittance dated, avowance dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of vindicating; also, the state of being vindicated.
Related words
- Word family
- vindicate vindicatory
Forms
- Plural
- vindications → exonerations, justifications, acquittals, excuses…
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Plea ranges in sense from a prayer for favor or pardon to an attempt at full vindication. Defense, exculpation, justification, and vindication are more properly antonyms than synonyms of apology in its modern sense, and should be so given, but for their connection with its historic usage.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- plea Sami took a plea deal to have charges reduced.
- justification There can be no justification for harming a child.
- acquittal By definition the fact it’s depression means it’ll be an acquittal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vindication | steady | |
| plea | falling | |
| justification | steady | |
| acquittal | falling | |
| exoneration | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- plea1
- 6 letters
- excuse2
- 7 letters
- defense2, defence2
- 8 letters
- avowance
- 9 letters
- remission3, acquittal3, quittance
- 10 letters
- absolution4
- 11 letters
- exoneration5, exculpation, acquittance
- 12 letters
- disculpation, compurgation
- 13 letters
- justification5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excuse2 = 2 syllables).