01 a. Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy.
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Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy.
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Revengeful; vindictive.[Obs.]“Vindicative persons live the life of witches, who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate.” — Bacon.