vindicated

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vindicate /ˈvɪndɪkeɪt/

▶verb

• 1 clear of blame or suspicion.

• 2 show to be right or justified.

– derivatives
vindicable adjective,
vindication noun,
vindicator noun,
vindicatory adjective.

– origin C16 (earlier (C15) as vindication), in the sense ‘deliver, rescue’: from L. vindicat-, vindicare ‘claim, avenge’.