vindicable
/ˈvɪndɪkəbl̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
able to be vindicated; justifiable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The elimination of the indefensible, the setting aside of the legendary, the transference of the supposedly miraculous to the order of natural powers and processes so far as vindicable ground for such critical treatment is discovered, is the only way to answer the first of all questions concerning the Bible: How much of this is credible history?"
Etymology
From Medieval Latin vindicābilis.
Word Breakdown
- Root: vindicābilis
Inflected Forms
more vindicable (comparative)
most vindicable (superlative)