But in politics there is no total vindication, on Iran or anything else.

I thought somebody would throw an egg at my car, but instead I got the greatest treat, total vindication by the appeals court.

This was the biggest story we have ever covered and a total vindication of the policy we have followed.

Yet the committee's findings fall far short of a total vindication.

While that may seem unimportant, Kasper Price, the association's president, called it "a total vindication."

Although the traditionalists cannot claim total vindication, the revelations have not as a rule been kind to the revisionist enterprise.

But he had waited for "total vindication" before declaring his resignation.

Lewis sees the Panasonic deal as nothing less than total vindication after the ostracism of the past.

Dr. Landesman said he felt "total vindication" by the decision to drop the accusations against him without any settlement on his part.

He called the proposed contract "a total vindication of the membership's struggle."