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vindicate | vindicated | vindication | vindicative | vindicator | vindicatory | vindictive | vindictively | vindictiveness | vine | vine cactus

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vindicatory

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective vindicatory has 3 senses

vindicatory(s = adj.all) relatiative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory - of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
vindicatory(s = adj.all) retributive, retributory - given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice"
vindicatory(s = adj.all) justificative, justificatory - providing justification; Array

Derived form verb vindicate₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

vindicatory, a.

Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative. [1913 Webster]
Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory. [1913 Webster]
"The afflictions of Job were no vindicatory punishments to take vengeance of his sins." [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vindicatory, adj.
1 tending to vindicate.
2 (of laws) punitive.

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