Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vindicatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vin-di-ca-to-ry
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Promoting or producing vindication.

adj

Promoting or producing retribution or punishment.

Example Sentences

"The principal vindicatory feature of the market system . . . rests in the fact that it permits and facilitates an intermarket and intersectoral flow of economic values."
"To prevent the strong from oppressing the weak; to protect the acquisitions of industry . . . are duties which require that delegated authority should be exerted by public force and the vindicatory dispensations of pains and penalties."

Etymology

From vindicate + -ory.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: vindicate

Inflected Forms

more vindicatory (comparative) most vindicatory (superlative)

Derived Forms

vindicatorily

Synonyms

absolutory disculpatory exonerative absolutionary absolving exculpatory vindicatory defensive justificatory punitive retributive vindictive

Questions

What does vindicatory mean?: Promoting or producing vindication.
Where does vindicatory come from?: From vindicate + -ory.

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