VINDICATORY


Meaning of VINDICATORY in English

/vin"di keuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.

1. tending or serving to vindicate.

2. punitive; retributive: vindicatory killings.

Also, vindicative /vin dik"euh tiv, vin"di kay'-/ .

[ 1640-50; VINDICATE + -ORY 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .