justificatory
adjective
jus·ti·fi·ca·to·ry
ˌjə-ˈsti-fi-kə-ˌtȯr-ē 
ˈjə-stə-fə-ˌkā-tə-rē
: tending or serving to justify : vindicatory
Examples of justificatory in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
That was simply justificatory nonsense.
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Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Sep. 2020
No work is complete without a justificatory explanation stapled to it; shape and color and line are hardly anyone’s concern.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 27 June 2021
Yet to the extent that Hilditch is making a moral case for our rights, which again is unclear, that may be his ultimate justificatory argument.
—Aaron Rhodes, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
Is Hilditch posing a historical or a theoretical (i.e., justificatory or normative) question?
—Aaron Rhodes, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
That indeed is how the Founders went about the matter, in the state-of-nature justificatory tradition.
—Aaron Rhodes, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Sep. 2020
No work is complete without a justificatory explanation stapled to it; shape and color and line are hardly anyone’s concern.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 27 June 2021
Yet to the extent that Hilditch is making a moral case for our rights, which again is unclear, that may be his ultimate justificatory argument.
—Aaron Rhodes, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
Is Hilditch posing a historical or a theoretical (i.e., justificatory or normative) question?
—Aaron Rhodes, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
That indeed is how the Founders went about the matter, in the state-of-nature justificatory tradition.
—Aaron Rhodes, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1563, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near justificatory
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“Justificatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justificatory. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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