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Adjective: vindicatory  'vin-di-ku`to-ree [N. Amer], 'vin-di`key-tu-ree [Brit]
  1. Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
    "vindicatory justice demands an eye for an eye"
    - retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, retaliative
     
  2. Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts
    "vindicatory justice"
    - retributive, retributory
     
  3. Providing justification
    - justificative, justificatory

See also: exculpatory, just, punitive, punitory, vindicate

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