vindicatory

vindicatory is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
2. adjective. Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory.
3. adjective. providing justification

   Synonyms: justificative, justificatory

4. adjective. given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts

   "retributive justice"

   Synonyms: retributive, retributory

5. adjective. of or relating to or having the nature of retribution

   "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye"

   Synonyms: relatiative, retaliatory, retributive, retributory

Synonyms

justificative, justificatory, retributive, retributory, relatiative, retaliatory

Common word forms

vindicatorily

Words from these letters

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