Thesaurus: vindication

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1. n. 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.
2. n. The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.
3. n. the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
4. n. the justification for some act or belief
5. 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.
6. The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right ortitle in, or to, a thing. Burrill.
7. n:100 n. the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.