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THEODICY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("theodicy" is a kind of...):
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)