justificatory

American  

[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 /

Also justificative

adjective

1. serving to justify; providing justification.

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Etymology

Origin of justificatory

1570–80; < Late Latin justificā ( re ) to justify + -tory ¹

Example Sentences

Clinging onto the property/person distinction or hiding behind the justificatory force of welfare laws, and doing nothing more than re-asserting speciesism and human exceptionalism, are just not very convincing in this day and age.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2022

They must thus cover them with dollops of justificatory pride, to lever some notional dollop of happiness.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2012

It remains to find the justificatory reason for this retroactive movement of the body, which seems illogical at first sight.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various

It commences with a justificatory recital of the misdeeds of the Royalists.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various

He had no adequate preparation for it, nor, so far as I could perceive, any justificatory call.

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake