Category:Vindication

Vin`di*ca"tion, n. Etym: [l. vindicatio a laying claim, defense, Vindication. See vindicate.]

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 complete. Occasion for the vindication of this passage in my book. Locke.

2. (civil law)

Defn: the claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or Title in, or to, a thing. Burrill.