vindication : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vindication	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vindication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vindication n the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.; "friends provided a vindication of his position" Synonym(s): vindication, exoneration the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" Synonym(s): defense, defence, vindication
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vindication \Vin`dica"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.