vindication

English

Alternative forms

• vindicat. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

vindication (countable and uncountable, plural vindications)

1. The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated.
2. Evidence, facts, statements, or arguments that justify a claim or belief.

Translations

the act of vindicating

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辯護 (zh), 辩护 (zh) (biànhù)

• Dutch: rechtvaardiging (nl)
• Finnish: epäilyksistä vapautuminen
• French: justification (fr)
• German: Rechtfertigung (de) f, Verteidigung (de) f, Rehabilitation (de) f, Entlastung (de) f, Eintreten n
• Greek: δικαίωση (el) (dikaíosi)
• Italian: rivendicazione (it) f
• Japanese: 擁護 (ja) (ようご, yōgo), 支持 (ja) (しじ, shiji)

• Korean: 옹호 (ko) (ongho)
• Latin: (Classical Latin) vindicatio nominative, vindicationis genitive, (Vulgar Latin) revendicatio nominative, revendicationis genitive
• Maori: whakaharakoretanga
• Portuguese: justificação f
• Russian: оправда́ние (ru) n (opravdánije), виндика́ция (ru) f (vindikácija), реабилита́ция (ru) f (reabilitácija)
• Serbo-Croatian: vindikacija (sh)
• Spanish: justificación (es), vindicación f
• Turkish: doğrulama (tr), kanıtlama (tr), teyit (tr)

justification of a claim or belief

• Dutch: bewijs (nl)
• German: Beweis (de) m, Nachweis (de) m
• Japanese: 立証 (ja) (りっしょう, risshō), 証拠 (ja) (しょうこ, shōko)

• Russian: доказа́тельство (ru) n (dokazátelʹstvo), обоснова́ние (ru) n (obosnovánije), оправда́ние (ru) n (opravdánije)
• Spanish: vindicación f

Related words

• vindicate