vindication
Americannoun
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the act of vindicating.
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the state of being vindicated.
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defense; excuse; justification.
Poverty was a vindication for his thievery.
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something that vindicates.
Subsequent events were her vindication.
noun
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the act of vindicating or the condition of being vindicated
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a means of exoneration from an accusation
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a fact, evidence, circumstance, etc, that serves to vindicate a theory or claim
Other Word Forms
- nonvindication noun
- revindication noun
- self-vindication noun
Etymology
Origin of vindication
First recorded in 1475–85; from Latin vindicātiōn-, stem of vindicātiō “defense, punishment, vengeance”; equivalent to vindicate + -ion
Example Sentences
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But there is little triumph in vindication for the Scottish leader here.
From BBC
“There’s a little bit of that feeling of vindication,” Cole said.
"I would like to see them brought to justice, it would be a vindication."
From BBC
But for her, being recognized for “Song Sung Blue” isn’t some long-awaited vindication.
From Los Angeles Times
Some people wanted to see Simpson punished, while others viewed his acquittal as vindication, however meager, for decades’ worth of societal abuse.
From Salon
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