Proven
Proven adjective - Established beyond doubt.
Vindicated and proven are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vindicated" instead an adjective "Proven".
Nearby Word: prove
Vindicated
Vindicated adjective - Freed from any question of guilt.
Proven and vindicated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Proven" instead an adjective "Vindicated".
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Both words in one sentence
- Double-subverted when he joins the party: he calls himself out on much of his information being completely wrong, but later on a significant chunk of his information (and the info that mattered) is vindicated and proven to be correct.
Source: Video Game / Cla Dun - Generally, by the end of the episode, this character's existence has been proven and the person seeing it gets vindicated, but not always.
Source: Not-So-Imaginary Friend -
He's proven correct when Firefly attacks Pioneer Bridge and is further vindicated when he finds Bane's lair and sees from the gathered evidence that Bane had already figured out that Batman is Bruce Wayne.
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