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| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 10 |
| def | the justification for some act or belief |
| examples | he offered a persuasive defense of the theory |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | justification |
| Derivationally related form | vindication → vindicate |
| Derivationally related form | vindication → vindicate |
| Derivationally related form | defence → defend |
| Hyponym | apology, apologia; alibi; excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification |
| Incoming links | |
| Hyponym | justification |
| Hypernym | apology, apologia; alibi; excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification |
| Derivationally related form | defend → defence |
| Derivationally related form | vindicate → vindication |
| Derivationally related form | vindicate → vindication |
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