vindication

[ vin-di-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌvɪn dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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

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

I personally took that as a vindication of the care I had taken in making sure I had solid, independent sourcing.

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The result is not only vindication, but also the self-serving sense that only you can save the republic.

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His mother was beaming and seemed to take the acquittal as a vindication.

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A verdict that could have provided accountability, vindication, and healing did not happen.

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Bill Clinton never had the chance to seek this vindication at the polls.

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"I did it too late," he said, emphasizing the point which served for Jewdwine's vindication.

The Divine Fire |May Sinclair
Much, very much is to be said in vindication of your favouring in the first instance their political projects.

Considerations on Religion and Public Education |Hannah More
And yet the vindication of which he had dreamed then, a vindication of his physical courage, had not come.

Weatherby's Inning |Ralph Henry Barbour
Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong.

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The direct argument in vindication of the system of domestic slavery, upon its own merits, is reserved for the next lecture.

Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery |William A. Smith

vindication

/ (ˌvɪndɪˈkeɪʃən) /

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