vindicatory

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vindicatory

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From vindicate + -ory.

adjective more vindicatory · most vindicatory

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.
Similar: absolutory, disculpatory, exonerative, absolutionary, absolving, exculpatory, vindicatory, defensive, justificatory
Promoting or producing retribution or punishment. 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.
Similar: punitive, retributive, vindictive, castigatory, punishmental, punitory, vindicatory, retaliatory, retributionary, retributory

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@misc{vindicatory_2026,
  title = {vindicatory},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vindicatory},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}