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English Dictionary: vindicatory	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vindicatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vindicatory adj of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" Synonym(s): retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice" Synonym(s): retributive, retributory, vindicatory providing justification Synonym(s): justificative, justificatory, vindicatory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vindicatory \Vin"dicatory\, a. 1. Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative. 2. Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory. The afflictions of Job were no vindicatory* punishments to take vengeance of his sins. --Abp. Bramhall.