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Vindicatory

Definitions: Vindicatory

Vindicatory

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye".

2. Providing justification.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Vindicatory

Synonyms: avenging (adj), justificative (adj), justificatory (adj), retributive (adj), retributory (adj). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Vindicatory

Language Translations for "vindicatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mbrojtës (advocate, apologetic, apologetical, back, champion, conservator, defender, fullback, guard, Guardian, keeper, paraclete, patron, protective, protector, quarterback, tutelar, vindicator). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تبريري (apologetic, apologetical, justificative, justificatory), ‏دفاعي (apologetic, apologetical, defensive). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

реабилитиращ, оправдателен (apologetic, apologetical, exculpatory, excusatory, exonerative, justifiable, justificative, justificatory, palliative), наказателен (foul, penal, retributive, vindictive), защитен (covering, protective, safety). (various references)

   

Czech

  

trestající (punitive, vindictive), obranný (apologetic, defensive). (various references)

   

French

  

vindicatif (vindictive), justifiable, défensif. (various references)

   

German

  

rechtfertigend (justifying). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

védelmezõ (apologist, vindicative, vindicator). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

indicatoryvay

   

Portuguese

  

vindicativo, retribuidor, justificativo (excursion, justificatory, justified), defensivo (defensive, vindictive). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

карательный (penal, punitive, punitory, retributive, vindictive), защитительный (apologetic, apologetical). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

osvetnički (avenging, vengeful, vindictive), koji opravdava (justificative, justificatory, vindicative), kazneni (penal, penitentiary, punitive, retributive). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

rättfärdigande (justification, justificative, justificatory, vindication), hämnande, försvars- (defensive). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

koruyan (defensive, preservative), öç alan. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

để chứng minh (probative, vindicative). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Vindicatory

Misspellings

"Vindicatory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vinicator. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Vindicatory"

Words rhyming with "vindicatory" (pronounced 'Vin"di*ca*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Vindicatory

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-n-o-r-t-v-y"

-1 letter: dictionary, divinatory, indicatory, vindicator.

-2 letters: indicator, rancidity, tyrocidin.

-3 letters: acridity, actinoid, caryotin, diatonic, indictor, tornadic, vanitory, victoria, voracity.

-4 letters: acidity, aridity, avidity, avionic, carotid, carotin, conidia, corvina, crinoid, dacoity, diatron, diction, dinitro, noritic, tardyon, triacid, triadic, tyronic, victory, vidicon, vitrain.

-5 letters: action, adroit, anodic, aortic, aroint, aroynt, atonic, avidin, cairny, candor, cantor, carton, cation, cavity.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Vindicatory


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

56 69 6E 64 69 63 61 74 6F 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...-    ..    -.    -..    ..    -.-.    .-    -    ---    .-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010110 01101001 01101110 01100100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#105 &#110 &#100 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#116 &#111 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0069 006E 0064 0069 0063 0061 0074 006F 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5675807075696786818491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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