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vindicatory

adj

Etymology

From vindicate + -ory.

  1. borrowed from vindicātus
  2. suffixed as vindicatory — “vindicate + ory”

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA