vindicable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonvindicable adjective
- unvindicable adjective
- vindicability noun
Etymology
Origin of vindicable
1625–35; < Medieval Latin vindicābilis, equivalent to Latin vindicā ( re ) ( vindicate ) + -bilis -ble
Example Sentences
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They were jealous of their honor, and believed it vindicable by the duel; they had no doubt that good women were better than bad, and that pedigree in human beings was as important as pedigree in animals; and though they might be quixotic on occasion, they were not democratic pour deux sous.
From Project Gutenberg
The extreme pains taken to reconcile the unfortunate beings to their lot; the assiduity of the clergy to make up, by the assurance of divine mercy, the inexorable fate which awaited them; proved that these awful slaughters were onerous to the colonial conscience, and vindicable only as the last resort of the last necessity.
From Project Gutenberg
An abridgement of the natural freedom of men, by the institutions of political societies, is vindicable only on this foot.
From Project Gutenberg
Antonyms: inequity, injustice. justifiable, a. warrantable, defensible, vindicable. justification, n. vindication, exuplpation, exoneration, defense. justifier, n. justificatior, vindicator, defender. justify, v. vindicate, warrant, excuse, exonorate, exculpate, absolve, defend. justle, v. clash, bump, jostle, collide. justly, adv. honestly, fairly, equitably, impartially. justness, n. justice, fairness, equity, impartiality, condignness. jut, v. jut out, project, protrude.--n. projection, jutt. jutting, a. projecting, protruding. jutting out projection, projecture, protrusion jutty, n. pier, mole, jetty. juvenile, a. youthful, young, immature. juvenility, n. youthfulness, immaturity.
From Project Gutenberg
And we do now assure your Excellency, that this Refusal is vindicable, in the opinion of this Congress, by the Laws of Reason and Self preservation; and the People ought to be and will be supported in it by the united Voice and Efforts of all America.
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