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Webster 1913 Edition
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 completeOccasion 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 1828 Edition
Vindication
VINDICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The defense of any thing, or a justification against denial or censure, or against objections or accusations; as the vindication of opinions or of a creed; the vindication of the Scriptures against the objections and cavils of infidels.2.
The act of supporting by proof or legal process; the proving of any thing to be just; as the vindication of a title, claim or right.3.
Defense by force or otherwise; as the vindication of the rights of man; the vindication of our liberties or the rights of conscience.