Exoneration
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
Vindication
Part of speech: noun
Definition: the act of vindicating or the state of being vindicatedevidence, facts, statements or arguments that justify a claim or belief
Example sentence: Men who do not contend in earnest can have little warmth and fervor in what they undertake, and are more than half prepared to betray the cause, in the vindication of which they have engaged their services.