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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
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Example Sentences
- He's not interested in evidence that would offer vindication.
- Vindication and vindictiveness can morph into one another.
- The book was quickly brandished by the left as vindication of social democracy.
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPAND say" (see diction). Meaning "justification by proof, defense against censure" is attested from 1647.
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