<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like</li><li>to afford justification for; justify</li><li>to uphold or justify by argument or evidence</li><li>to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition</li><li>to claim for oneself or another</li><li>to regain possession, under claim of title of property through legal procedure</li><li>to get revenge for; avenge</li><li>Obsolete: to deliver from; liberate</li><li>Obsolete: to punish</li></ul>