justificatory

[ juh-stif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, juhs-tuh-fi-key-tuh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1570–80; < Late Latin justificā ( re ) to justify + -tory ¹

And are you then very much afraid of not being appreciated to have accumulated so many justificatory documents?

All through life Shelley thought of himself and his doings in this self-justificatory fashion.

Alcaraz fortifies his views by some documents, and by a justificatory commentary of the Marques himself.

It commences with a justificatory recital of the misdeeds of the Royalists.

He had no adequate preparation for it, nor, so far as I could perceive, any justificatory call.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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