[thee-od-uh-see] 
| a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness and justice, in establishing or allowing the existence of physical and moral evil. |
| the·od·i·cy (thē-ŏd'ĭ-sē) n. pl. the·od·i·cies A vindication of God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil. [After Essai de théodicée, a work by Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz : Greek theo-, theo- + Greek dikē, order, right; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] |
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