C2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

vindication

vin·dic·at·ion

vindication · vindications

виправдання, реабілітація

доказательство, оправдание, обоснование, реабилитация

Beweis, Verteidigung, Nachweis, Eintreten

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

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UK/ˌvɪndɪˈkeɪʃn̩/US/ˌvɪndəˈkeɪʃən/

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

Meaning

8 senses

(countable)An act of asserting or maintaining; an assertion.
the justification for some act or belief
(countable)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”).
(uncountable)The action of vindicating; also, the state of being vindicated.
Beweis, Eintreten, Entlastung
доказа́тельствоdokazátelʹstvo, виндика́цияvindikácija, обоснова́ниеobosnovánije
реабіліта́ціяreabilitácija, ви́правданняvýpravdannja
(uncountable)A feeling of deserved satisfaction that comes from being proven correct.
When they finally admitted their actions, Anne felt vindication and walked with pride once again.
(Ancient Rome, countable, historical)A legal claim for a declaration that one is the owner of a thing or the holder of a right; an action in rem.
Coordinate term: condiction
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The action of avenging or taking revenge.
(countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)The action of setting free; deliverance.
(countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable)Punishment, retribution.

Examples

3 sentences

His enemy's failure in business was the ultimate vindication.
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Eventually, her fiercest rival conceded that she was right, which gave her the vindication she had sought for so long.
deSchlussendlich gab ihr ihre erbittertste Rivalin recht, was ihr die Genugtuung verschaffte, nach der sie sich so lange gesehnt hatte.
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Many Jews see the pogroms happening around the world as a vindication of Zionism.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

action of vindicating:

Русский

By meaning 1

action of vindicating:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

action of vindicating:

Origin

From Late Middle English vendicacion, vyndicacion, vyndycacion (“assertion of a claim”), f

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.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue; to persecute; to suppress”)) + dīcere (the present active infinitive of dīcō (“to declare, state; to refer to; to say, talk; etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out, show”)). By surface analysis, vindicate + -ion (suffix denoting an action or process, or its result).

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