justificative
- a variation of justificatory.
Example Sentences
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But that it could have been used as a piece justificative, with all its errors, when the Babylonians could at once have refuted it, is incredible.
From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)
There is no justificative formula for its existence any more than for any other artistic achievement.
From Notes on Life and Letters by Conrad, Joseph
Louis Bonaparte, conscious of the advent of history, and imagining that a Charles IX can extenuate a Saint Bartholomew, has published as a pièce justificative, a so-called "official list of the deceased persons."
From Napoleon the Little by Hugo, Victor
Unconsciously insincere, like the majority of people in their justificative confessions, Balzac often allowed his heart to intrude where it had no business to be present.
From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick
"This wretched book," she explained, pathetically bringing forward her pièce justificative, "said that it was open to the public."
From My Friend Prospero by Harland, Henry
