vindicator
defender who clears blame
Root
- vindic: claim or avenge
Other words with the vindic root
- vindicate: to clear from blame or prove justified
- vindication: clearing from blame or proof of being right
- vindictive: desiring revenge
A vindicator defends a claim, cause, or person until the charge no longer sticks.
History became her vindicator when the once-ridiculed warning proved true.
A vindicator does not merely cheer for someone. The word carries defense and clearing: the stain is challenged until the person or idea can stand clean again.