By contrast, Mr Lee's own attempt at self-vindication, "My Country Versus Me", is badly written, sanctimonious and dull.
Son of my soul, Pereda said, hugging him, blood of my blood, vindication of my days, and he would have gone on like that if Bebe hadn't stopped him to introduce his friends, two writers from Buenos Aires and the publisher Ibarrola, who loved books and nature, and had financed the trip.
"It feels like vindication for my father, a final recognition of the life he lost and never got back".
Mr. Goldsmith's lawyer, Lisa Manning, said she viewed the order by the judge as "a complete vindication of my client".
"This is why I am here, for the vindication of my family," he said.
"I want vindication for my brother's death, for all the years of pain," she said.
"It was a little vindication for my offensive line," Westbrook said.
"It's vindication of my struggle for justice for the injury I received at the student protest," he said.
The International Development Achievement Award 2011 is therefore as much theirs as it is a vindication of my own humble contribution.
Following the resolution of her defamation action, O'Doherty issued a statement saying the apology was "another comprehensive vindication of my reputation as an investigative reporter".
A romp through the history of handwriting and a delightful vindication of my passion for old-fashioned letter-writing as half of a conversation (to me, each one is a sort of gift).
