- the act of vindicating.
- the state of being vindicated.
- defense; excuse; justification: Poverty was a vindication for his thievery.
- something that vindicates: Subsequent events were her vindication.
- the act of vindicating or the condition of being vindicated
- a means of exoneration from an accusation
- a fact, evidence, circumstance, etc, that serves to vindicate a theory or claim
