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vindicatory


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vindicatory  \Vin"di*ca*to*ry\,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vindicatory 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  or  having  the  nature  of  retribution; 
  "retributive  justice  demands  an  eye  for  an  eye"  [syn: 
  {avenging},  {retributive},  {retributory}] 
  2:  providing  justification  [syn:  {justificative},  {justificatory}] 




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