vindication

CEFRC1

/ˌvɪndɪˈkeɪʃn̩/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Proof that someone was right or not guilty.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An argument, fact, piece of evidence, etc., which vindicates (“clears someone of an accusation or suspicion; justifies a belief or claim by providing evidence or proof”).

Examples

  • His enemy's failure in business was the ultimate vindication.

  • Many Jews see the pogroms happening around the world as a vindication of Zionism.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The action of vindicating; also, the state of being vindicated.

  2. The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated.

  3. An act of asserting or maintaining; an assertion.

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In context

  • When they finally admitted their actions, Anne felt vindication and walked with pride once again.

  • [T]he loud "Aye, Aye" of the bulk of the members [of Parliament] supported [John] Eliot in his last vindication of English liberty.

  • These are the reasons which I have gathered from philosophy and nature; to which I can add other circumstances in vindication of the account of this learned body who publish this almanack.

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Origin

noun

From Late Middle English vendicacion, vyndicacion, vyndycacion (“assertion of a claim”), from Old French vindication (“revenge, vengeance”) (modern dialectal French vindication), or from Medieval Latin vendicātio, both from Latin vindicātiō (“avenging; defence, protection, vindication; punishment; etc.”), from vindicō (“to avenge; to take revenge on; to protect from; etc.”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns from verbs, denoting processes, actions, or results of actions). Vindicō is derived from vindex (“claimant, vindicator; defender, protector”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs); and vindex from vim (the accusative singular form of vīs (“force; power, strength; etc.”), ultim...