justificatory

[ juh-stif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, juhs-tuh-fi-key-tuh-ree ]

/ dʒʌˈstɪf ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈdʒʌs tə fɪˌkeɪ tə ri /

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adjective

serving to justify; providing justification.

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Also jus·ti·fi·ca·tive

[juhs-tuh-fi-key-tiv]. /ˈdʒʌs tə fɪˌkeɪ tɪv/.

Origin of justificatory

1570–80; <Late Latin justificā(re) to justify + -tory¹

Words nearby justificatory

justifiable, justifiable homicide, justification, justification by grace, through faith, justification by works, justificatory, justified, justify, justify the ways of God to men, to, Justin, just in case

How to use justificatory in a sentence

And are you then very much afraid of not being appreciated to have accumulated so many justificatory documents?
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
All through life Shelley thought of himself and his doings in this self-justificatory fashion.
The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson
Alcaraz fortifies his views by some documents, and by a justificatory commentary of the Marques himself.
Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2|Brantz Mayer
It commences with a justificatory recital of the misdeeds of the Royalists.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886|Various

He had no adequate preparation for it, nor, so far as I could perceive, any justificatory call.
On the Stairs|Henry B. Fuller

British Dictionary definitions for justificatory

justificatory

justificative (ˈdʒʌstɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv)

/ (ˈdʒʌstɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

serving as justification or capable of justifying; vindicatory

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