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self-vindication
self-vindication n.
Brit. 
/ˌsɛlfvɪndᵻˈkeɪʃn/
, /ˌsɛlfvɪndᵻˈkeɪʃn/U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌvɪndəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
/ˌsɛlfˌvɪndəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ΚΠ
1647 Reformado's Remonstr. 4 Yet were it lawfull for Subjects..to challenge liberty of speech in a self-vindication, we durst appeale unto the meanest judgment.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 314 Jacobs silence..was far better than his son's self-vindication.
1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. 302 Whoever declines forbidden instances of self-vindication..needs not doubt but he shall be respected by most.
1855 G. W. M. Reynolds Myst. Court of London VII. 30/1 I am compelled to give these explanations—these self-vindications now!
1945 Life 17 Dec. 60/2 Speer had a plan for establishing an ‘in’ with the winning side—what amounted to a well-devised strategy of self-vindication and survival.
2014 Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Apr. Her 71 words began with a self-vindication of second home expenses claims.
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as lemmas
- rision
- risk
- risk analysis
- risk assessment
- risk aversion
- risk capital
- risk category
- risk factor
- risk function
- risk group
- risk it
- risk level
- risk life and limb
- risk management
- risk manager
- risk money
- risk one's neck
- risk pooling
- risk profile
- risk sharing
- risk-adverse
- risk-averse
- risk-bearing
- risk-free
- risk-neutral