vindication Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
    exoneration.
    • friends provided a vindication of his position
  2. noun the justification for some act or belief
    defense; defence.
    • he offered a persuasive defense of the theory

WordNet

Vin`di*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. vindicatio a laying claim, defense, vindication. See Vindicate.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913