vindicatory
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editvindicatory (comparative more vindicatory, superlative most vindicatory)
- Promoting or producing vindication.
- Promoting or producing retribution or punishment.
- 1800, The Annual Register, volume 39, London: J. Dodsley, published 1797, page 486:
- To prevent the strong from oppressing the weak; to protect the acquisitions of industry . . . are duties which require that delegated authority should be exerted by public force and the vindicatory dispensations of pains and penalties.
Synonyms
edit- (promoting or producing vindication): defensive, justificatory
- (promoting or producing retribution or punishment): punitive, retributive
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.