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

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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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