vindicatory

Questions about vindicatory

What does vindicatory mean?

vindicatory means "of or relating to or having the nature of retribution". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vindicatory?

vindicatory has 5 syllables: vin-di-ca-to-ry. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for vindicatory?

Close synonyms include retaliatory, retaliative, retributive, retributory, retributive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vindicatory a common word?

vindicatory is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.