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Definition of justificatory : Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.

Synonyms:

retributory, exculpatory, relatiative, vindicatory, defensive, retributive, retaliatory, justificative, apologetic, excusatory

Usage examples:

• The First Consul spoke at first of signal vengeance; but the Senate of Hamburg sent him a memorial, justificatory of its conduct, and backed the apology with a sum of four millions and a half, which mollified him considerably. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
• It has been said that this work was printed at Frankfort, with the exception of the justificatory pieces. - "The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.", Juan Antonio Llorente.
• Nobody has even paid any attention to these foundations, and each school has in its own justification invented quasi- philosophical justificatory reflections. - "Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales", Leo Tolstoy.