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