Defend
Defend verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Vindicated and defend are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Vindicated" with "Defend", this verbs are similar.
Vindicated
Vindicated adjective - Freed from any question of guilt.
Defend and vindicated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defend" instead a verb "Vindicated".
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- His review was later Vindicated by History, since Owen gave Pixar's following movies WALLE and Toy Story 3 "A" scores, and since the Pixar fanbase doesn't defend Ratatouille as heavily years later.
Source: He Panned It, Now He Sucks
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Vindicated and Defend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defend/vindicated
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