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vindication |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vindication \Vin`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. vindicatio a laying claim, defense, vindication. See {Vindicate}.] 1. The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as the vindication of opinions; his vindication is complete. Occasion for the vindication of this passage in my book. --Locke. 2. (Civil Law) The claiming a thing as one's own the asserting of a right or title in or to a thing --Burrill. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vindication n 1: the act of vindicating; "subsequent events have proved to be a vindication of his position" [syn: {exoneration}, {whitewash}] 2: the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" [syn: {defense}, {defence}]
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