vindication
noun
the act of vindicating.
self-vindication
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a word derived from
vindication.
Example Sentences
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“Nothing is possible without allies and partners,” he said, with what sounded like a hint of self-vindication and perhaps a warning about the future.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2018
The responses ranged from remorse to self-vindication, with lots of tortured doubt and defensiveness in between.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2011
But this was to be Senator Heflin's speech of self-vindication, the retribution of a monomaniac.
From Time Magazine Archive
He smiled at himself for the folly into which the spirit of self-vindication had so nearly hurried him.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Sir Walter Scott
In this case the Judge certainly indulged in wholly unnecessary self-vindication.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by John Charles Dent
