Definition of theodicy

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the·od·i·cy    (th-d-s) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. the·od·i·cies

A vindication of God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.

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ETYMOLOGY:
After Essai de théodicée, a work by Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz : Greek theo-, theo- + Greek dik, order, right; see deik- in Indo-European roots