vindication

[ vin-di-key-shuh n ]
/ ˌvɪn dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

the act of vindicating.
the state of being vindicated.
defense; excuse; justification: Poverty was a vindication for his thievery.
something that vindicates: Subsequent events were her vindication.

Origin of vindication

1475–85; < Latin vindicātiōn- (stem of vindicātiō), equivalent to vindicāt(us) (see vindicate) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM vindication

non·vin·di·ca·tion, noun re·vin·di·ca·tion, noun self-vin·di·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby vindication

vindhya hills, vindhya pradesh, vindhya range, vindicable, vindicate, vindication, vindicatory, vindictive, vine, vine cactus, vine maple

Example sentences from the Web for revindication

  • The suppression of religion as the happiness of the people is the revindication of its real happiness.

    Communism and Christianism |William Montgomery Brown

British Dictionary definitions for revindication

vindication
/ (ˌvɪndɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of vindicating or the condition of being vindicated
a means of exoneration from an accusation
a fact, evidence, circumstance, etc, that serves to vindicate a theory or claim