To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
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Acquitted; set free; rid of.
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To set free; to release.
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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
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To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
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To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
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To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…
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To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
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To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to ex…
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To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.
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Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession…
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That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…
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The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
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The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
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One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.
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One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.
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The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vind…
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The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vind…
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Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
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Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
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To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
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