Vindication

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Vindication [1]

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.

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