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vin⋅di⋅ca⋅tion
[vin-di-key-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of vindicating. |
| 2. | the state of being vindicated. |
| 3. | defense; excuse; justification: Poverty was a vindication for his thievery. |
| 4. | something that vindicates: Subsequent events were her vindication. |
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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.
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vindication
1484, "act of avenging, revenge," from L. vindicationem (nom. vindicatio) "act of claiming or avenging," from vindicare "to set free, lay claim to, assert, avenge" (related to vindicta "revenge"), probably from vim dicare "to show authority," from vim, accusative of vis "force" + root of dicere "to say" (see diction). Meaning "justification by proof, defense against censure" is attested from 1647.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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