vindicatory
1Vindicatory — Vin di*ca*to*ry, a. 1. Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative. [1913 Webster] 2. Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory. [1913 Webster] The afflictions of Job were no vindicatory punishments to take vengeance of …
2vindicatory — index defensible, palliative (excusing), vindictive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3vindicatory — [vin′di kə tôr΄ē] adj. 1. serving to vindicate 2. bringing retribution; punitive …
4vindicatory — adjective a) Promoting or producing vindication. The principal vindicatory feature of the market system . . . rests in the fact that it permits and facilitates an intermarket and intersectoral flow of economic values. b) Promoting or producing… …
5vindicatory — /vin di keuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. tending or serving to vindicate. 2. punitive; retributive: vindicatory killings. Also, vindicative /vin dik euh tiv, vin di kay /. [1640 50; VINDICATE + ORY1] * * * …
6vindicatory — adjective Date: 1647 1. providing vindication ; justificatory 2. punitive, retributive …
7vindicatory — vin·di·ca·to·ry || vɪndkeɪtÉ”rɪ / trɪ adj. justifying, defending; punishing …
8vindicatory — adj 1. exculpatory, exculpating, acquitting, compurgatory, exonerative, exonerating, vindicative, vindicating, absolutory, absolvent, absolving, excusatory, excusing; justificatory, justificative, justifying, extenuatory, extenuating, mitigative …
9vindicatory — vin·di·ca·to·ry …
10vindicatory — vin•di•ca•to•ry [[t]ˈvɪn dɪ kəˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] also vin•dic•a•tive [[t]vɪnˈdɪk ə tɪv, ˈvɪn dɪˌkeɪ [/t]] adj. 1) tending to vindicate 2) punitive …
