meaning of vindication
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.
2. The claiming a thing as ones own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.
3. the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc. ; "friends provided a vindication of his
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