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

Ferris wheel (oh) and vindication (iou)


Ferris wheel (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: G. W. G. Ferris (1859-96), US engineer]
a very large upright wheel with seats on it for people to ride on in an amusement park
British Equivalent: big wheel

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.