Synonyms for vindicatory
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Punitive — promoting or producing retribution or punishment
punitive, retaliatory, retributive, retributory, castigatory, retributionary, retaliative, punitory dated, vindictive dated
2. Defensive — promoting or producing vindication
defensive, exculpatory, justificatory, absolutory, exonerative, disculpatory, absolutionary rare
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Promoting or producing vindication.
- adj. 2
Promoting or producing retribution or punishment.
Example sentences
- punitive We are paying punitive damages of two million dollars.
- defensive Many countries have joined the defensive alliance.
- exculpatory The prosecutor withheld exculpatory evidence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vindicatory | rising | |
| punitive | rising | |
| retaliatory | steady | |
| retributive | rising | |
| retributory | steady | |
| defensive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- punitive3, punitory
- 9 letters
- defensive3
- 10 letters
- vindictive3, absolutory
- 11 letters
- retaliatory5, exculpatory5, retributive, retributory, castigatory, retaliative, exonerative
- 12 letters
- disculpatory
- 13 letters
- justificatory, absolutionary, justificative
- 14 letters
- retributionary
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (punitive3 = 3 syllables).