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To be proven right so thoroughly the doubters owe you an apology.
means To clear someone of blame or to prove a claim, decision, or person was right after all.
from From Latin vindicare, to claim or set free — kin to vengeance, since vindex meant the avenger who legally claimed your freedom in court.
Legal twinVindication and vengeance grew from the same Roman root.
Self-flavorVindicate clears blame; vindictive seeks payback.
BurdenRequires evidence, not just feeling correct loudly.