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辩护,拥护,辩明

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vindication \Vin`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. vindicatio a laying claim,
   defense, vindication. See {Vindicate}.]
   1. 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.

   2. (Civil Law) The claiming a thing as one's own; the
      asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.
      --Burrill.

资料来源 : WordNet®

vindication
     n 1: the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or
          censure etc.; "friends provided a vindication of his
          position" [syn: {exoneration}]
     2: the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a
        persuasive defense of the theory" [syn: {defense}, {defence}]