Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vindication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vindication
n 1: the act of vindicating; "subsequent events have proved to be
a vindication of his position" [syn: {exoneration}, {whitewash}]
2: the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a
persuasive defense of the theory" [syn: {defense}, {defence}]
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