vindicate
v. US //ˈvɪndəkeɪt// UK //vˈɪndɪkˌeɪt// vin·di·cate
Borrowed from Latin vindicātus, perfect passive participle of vindicō (“lay legal claim to something; set free; protect, avenge, punish”), from vim, accusative singular of vīs (“force, power”), + dīcō (“say; declare, state”). See avenge.