Both Uses of
vindicate
in
The Magic Mountain
- The honor of the scholastics will be vindicated in this regard as well, if I am not mistaken.†
Chpt 6.3 *vindicated = shown to be right or justified
- In the most ticklish situation he had managed— with good grace and quite impromptu—a vindication of drink; he had, moreover, just in passing, brought the conversation around to "civilization," of which, to be sure, little was evident in Mynheer Peeperkorn's primitive, menacing pose; and finally, by asking his question, had relaxed that grandiose pose—it would have been quite inappropriate to respond with a raised, clenched fist.†
Chpt 7.3vindication = to be shown to be right or justified in taking prior action
Definition:
show to be right or justified