I was perhaps the greatest vindication and vilification of the rifle as a military weapon. Dexter called the verdict "a vindication for us". Dorr hungered for the vindication of principle. Many realists saw World War II as the vindication of their theory. Buchanan claimed to have "passed triumphantly through this ordeal" with complete vindication. The resulting non-standard analysis can be seen as a belated vindication of Leibniz's mathematical reasoning. Laurel considered his election to the Senate as a vindication of his reputation. Snowden later described Judge Leon's decision as vindication. Theodicy () means vindication of God. It was a political vindication for Moscone, who won in a landslide. Sharkey retained the purse, but the decision provided no vindication for Earp. Bush saw the election results as a vindication of his domestic and foreign policies. The success of Wings was a vindication for McCartney. Godwin himself attributed the first anarchist writing to Edmund Burke's "A Vindication of Natural Society". These legends were used in a context of political vindication.