This new study not only contradicts the cristcism of your process it finds no fault and vindicates you of any error or orlmission in the data which word in the sentence give the best clue to the meaning of vindicates

The question below refers to the selection “ozymandias” by percy bysshe shelley. the traveler seems to believe that — a. monuments are eternal b. the passage of time is necessary and inevitable c. we must preserve relics of past civilizations d. even the greatest works are destroyed by time