#exoneration__vindication__whitewash  the act of vindicating; "subsequent events have proved to be a vindication of his position"
  supertype:  #clearing  the act of freeing from suspicion
  subtype:  #justification  the act of justifying: "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller

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