Vindication /(?)/

Vin·di·ca·tion

Vindication

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