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vin⋅di⋅ca⋅tion

  [vin-di-key-shuhn]
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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.
Origin:
1475–85; < L vindicātiōn- (s. of vindicātiō), equiv. to vindicāt(us) (see vindicate ) + -iōn- -ion
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vin·di·ca·tion   (vĭn'dĭ-kā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of vindicating or condition of being vindicated.

  2. The defense, such as evidence or argument, that serves to justify a claim or deed.

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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 say" (see diction). Meaning "justification by proof, defense against censure" is attested from 1647.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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