Vindicable

//ˈvɪndɪkəbl̩// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    able to be vindicated; justifiable

    "The extreme pains taken to reconcile the unfortunate beings to their lot; the assiduity of the clergy to make up, by the assurance of divine mercy, the inexorable fate which awaited them; proved that these awful slaughters were onerous to the colonial conscience, and vindicable only as the last resort of the last necessity."

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"The extreme pains taken to reconcile the unfortunate beings to their lot; the assiduity of the clergy to make up, by the assurance of divine mercy, the inexorable fate which awaited them; proved that these awful slaughters were onerous to the colonial conscience, and vindicable only as the last resort of the last necessity."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin vindicābilis.

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