vindicación

Definitions of vindicación
  1. noun
    action taken in return for an injury or offense
    synonyms: despique, desquite, represalia, represalias, revancha, venganza
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    types:
    venganza
    the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
    represalia
    a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
  2. noun
    the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
    synonyms: venganza
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    type of:
    despique, desquite, represalia, represalias, revancha, venganza
    action taken in return for an injury or offense
  3. noun
    the justification for some act or belief
    synonyms: defensa
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    types:
    apología
    a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly
    coartada
    (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
    autojustificación, coartada, excusa
    a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
    type of:
    justificación
    a statement in explanation of some action or belief
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