Literary notes about Vindicated (AI summary)
In literature, "vindicated" is frequently employed to emphasize the clearing of one's reputation or the justification of a belief, often after a struggle or challenge. It is used to underscore moral or intellectual triumphs—whether in defending a cause with nobility and strength ([1]) or in proving the innocence of a person against slander ([2], [3]). At times the word carries a subtle irony, as authors satirize the pomp of overly formal rhetoric while still highlighting the essential moment of exoneration ([4], [5]). Moreover, "vindicated" can denote the broader validation of principles, as seen in historical narratives where decisive actions or decisive battles reaffirm national honor and destiny ([6], [7], [8]).
- But they were strong in the excellence of their cause, and they nobly vindicated this epistle against its assailants.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon by J. B. Lightfoot - They vindicated him against the base aspersion.
— from Emma by Jane Austen - Your innocence is to be vindicated; and they show how it can be done.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - Jonson ridicules the use of the word in similar fashion in the Masque of Mercury Vindicated from the Alchemists .
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson - Jonson uses it again in Mercury vindicated : ‘and cheat upon your under-officers;’ and Marston in What You Will , Wks.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson - The battle of Tours had once for all vindicated the independence of France, and set a bound to the Moslem conquests.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole - Their honor was vindicated in the field of Tebeste, by the death of Solomon, and the total loss of his army.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - God’s justice had still to be vindicated before men: after the particular there still remained the general judgement.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
