vindication
noun
vin·di·ca·tion
ˌvin-də-ˈkā-shən 
: an act of vindicating : the state of being vindicated
specifically
: justification against denial or censure : defense
Examples of vindication in a Sentence
recanted testimony that resulted in a long-overdue vindication
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Yet India still had access to Soviet military supplies, which policymakers in New Delhi saw as a vindication of an approach based on securing multiple partnerships.
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Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
This is vindication for my eighth-grade self, who missed the epic One Direction/5 Seconds of Summer stadium tour of 2014.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 16 Dec. 2025
Catullus’s work shows us ourselves, in all our three-dimensional goodness and terribleness, and sometimes this vision, in 2025, comes as a fun vindication.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
And her family can feel some sense of vindication.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
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Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
This is vindication for my eighth-grade self, who missed the epic One Direction/5 Seconds of Summer stadium tour of 2014.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 16 Dec. 2025
Catullus’s work shows us ourselves, in all our three-dimensional goodness and terribleness, and sometimes this vision, in 2025, comes as a fun vindication.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
And her family can feel some sense of vindication.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vindication
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“Vindication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vindication. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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