vindicatory
1. providing justification • Syn: justificative, justificatory • Similar to: exculpatory • Derivationally related forms: vindicate, justify (for: justificatory), justify (for: justificative) 2. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution - retributive justice demands an eye for an eye • Syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory • Similar to: punitive, punitory • Derivationally related forms: retaliate (for: retaliatory) 3. given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts - retributive justice • Syn: retributive, retributory • Similar to: just
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