justificative, justificatory, vindicatory
(adjective) providing justification
retributive, retributory, vindicatory
(adjective) given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; “retributive justice”
retaliatory, retaliative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory
(adjective) of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; “retributive justice demands an eye for an eye”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vindicatory (comparative more vindicatory, superlative most vindicatory)
Promoting or producing vindication.
Promoting or producing retribution or punishment.
• (promoting or producing vindication): defensive, justificatory
• (promoting or producing retribution or punishment): punitive, retributive
Source: Wiktionary
Vin"di*ca*to*ry, a.
1. Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
2. Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory. The afflictions of Job were no vindicatory punishments to take vengeance of his sins. Abp. Bramhall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
