vindication

clearing from blame or proof of being right

Root

vindic: claim or avenge

Other words with the vindic root

vindicate: to clear from blame or prove justified
vindicator: defender who clears blame
vindictive: desiring revenge

Vindication clears a name or proves a claim right after doubt has pressed on it.

The new evidence brought vindication to the researcher everyone had dismissed.

Vindication has courtroom energy even outside a court. Someone was doubted, blamed, or mocked. Then the evidence arrives, and the name stands back up.