
vindication /vndken/ n.
证明无辜;证实正确;辩护;平反。指某人或某事被证明是正确的、合理的或无罪的。
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After years of doubt, the new evidence was a complete vindication of his claims.
经过多年的质疑,新证据完全证实了他的说法。
The court's ruling served as a vindication for the scientist whose research had been dismissed by her peers for over a decade, restoring both her reputation and her confidence.
法院的裁决为那位科学家洗清了冤屈她的研究被同行否定了十多年,这一判决恢复了她的名誉和信心。
该词源自拉丁语 vindicatio,意为"申诉、辩护",由动词 vindicare 派生而来,意为"主张权利、解救、报复"。vindicare 又可分解为 vim(力量)和 dicare(宣告)。该词经由古法语进入英语,16世纪开始在英语中使用,最初主要用于法律语境,表示"为某人辩护、恢复名誉",后来逐渐扩展为更广泛的"证明正确"之意。