Bible Dictionaries
Vindicatory

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.

(2):

(a.) Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vindicatory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/vindicatory.html. 1828.