An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
VINDICATION
vindication, exoneration
(noun) the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.; “friends provided a vindication of his position”
defense, defence, vindication
(noun) the justification for some act or belief; “he offered a persuasive defense of the theory”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
vindication (countable and uncountable, plural vindications)
The act of vindicating or the state of being vindicated.
Evidence, facts, statements, or arguments that justify a claim or belief.
Source: Wiktionary
Vin`di*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. vindicatio a laying claim, defense, vindication. See Vindicate.]
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. Locke.
2. (Civil Law)
Definition: The claiming a thing as one's own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONCERN
(noun) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; “She felt strong concern for those less fortunate”
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