- (n.) The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in or to, a thing.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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