vindicatory
adjective
tending or serving to vindicate.
vindicative
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a variation of
vindicatory.
Example Sentences
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She also said that it reinforced shareholders’ depiction of Dolan as a vindicative bully.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
Bacon always claimed that he was not "vindicative."
From Bacon by John Morley
These several penalties were by their nature vindicative.
From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis) Conway
Toledo had been for some time the retreat of two ambitious, turbulent and vindicative intriguers, the Queen Dowager and Cardinal Porto Carrero.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
At worst Willum Jennings Bryan wud've written an article about him in th' Commoner, or if he felt unusually vindicative, maybe he'd sind it to him through th' mails.
From Observations By Mr. Dooley by Finley Peter Dunne
