Search Result for "vindicatory":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution;
- Example: "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"
[syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
2. given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts;
- Example: "retributive justice"
[syn: retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
3. providing justification;
[syn: justificative, justificatory, vindicatory]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vindicatory \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 his sins. --Abp. Bramhall. [1913 Webster]
