Amnesty vs Vindicate - What's the difference?
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Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
To grant a pardon (to a group)
To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
To justify by providing evidence.
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To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.
To provide justification for.
To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
(obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
(obsolete) To avenge; to punish
As verbs the difference between amnesty and vindicate
is that amnesty is to grant a pardon (to a group while vindicate is to clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.As a noun amnesty
is forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.As a proper noun Amnesty
is Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.amnesty
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- to vindicate someone's honor
- to vindicate a right, claim or title
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- to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries
- The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
- A war to vindicate infidelity.