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Vindicative

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Vindicating, having a tendency to vindicate.

    "page 316: A vindicative war can be defined as one in which we strive to gain that which is our own or which is due to us. […] page 328: […] since that is a vindicative war in which we strive to gain what is our own, but a punitive war is one in which a penalty is exacted from one against whom the war is brought; […]"

  2. 2
    Vindictive, excessively vengeful.

    "He in heat of action Is more vindicative than jealous love."

Etymology

From Middle French vindicatif, from Medieval Latin vindicativus.

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