vindicatory

vindicatory
/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]

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  • vindicatory — index defensible, palliative (excusing), vindictive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • vindicatory — [vin′di kə tôr΄ē] adj. 1. serving to vindicate 2. bringing retribution; punitive …   English World dictionary

  • vindicatory — 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… …   Wiktionary

  • vindicatory — adjective Date: 1647 1. providing vindication ; justificatory 2. punitive, retributive …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • vindicatory — vin·di·ca·to·ry || vɪndkeɪtÉ”rɪ / trɪ adj. justifying, defending; punishing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • vindicatory — adj 1. exculpatory, exculpating, acquitting, compurgatory, exonerative, exonerating, vindicative, vindicating, absolutory, absolvent, absolving, excusatory, excusing; justificatory, justificative, justifying, extenuatory, extenuating, mitigative …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • vindicatory — vin·di·ca·to·ry …   English syllables

  • vindicatory — 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 …   From formal English to slang

  • vindicatory — /vɪndəˈkeɪtəri/ (say vinduh kaytuhree), /ˈvɪndəkətri/ (say vinduhkuhtree) adjective 1. serving to vindicate. 2. justificatory. 3. punitive; retributive. Also, vindicative /vɪnˈdɪkətɪv/ (say vin dikuhtiv) …  

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