Vĭn'/di-cā'tion, n.

n. [O. Fr. vindication, N. Fr. revendication, Sp. vindicacion, It. rivendicazione, Lat. vindicatio.] The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; claim; defense; justification against denial or censure; support; as by proof, legal process, or the like; as, the vindication of opinions, of a title, right, or claim; the vindication of the rights of conscience. “Occasion for the vindication of this passage in my book.” Locke.