See Also: vindication(dictionary)
VINDICATION, civil law(law)

vindication (iou)



vindication noun. L15.
[Old French (now dial.) or Latin vindicatio(n-), formed as VINDICATE: see -ATION.]
The action of avenging or revenging a person, wrong, etc. L15-L17.
b. Retribution, punishment. Only in M17.
Deliverance, emancipation. Only in E17.
The action or an act of vindicating a person etc. or of clearing of blame etc.; justification by evidence or argument; maintenance of the existence or validity of a quality etc. Freq. foll. by of. M17.
b. A justifying fact or circumstance. M19.