vindicable

[ vin-di-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being vindicated:

   a vindicable expedient.

vindicable

/ ˈvɪndɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being vindicated; justifiable

Derived Forms

• ˌvindicaˈbility, noun

Other Words From

• vindi·ca·bili·ty noun
• non·vindi·ca·ble adjective
• un·vindi·ca·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vindicable¹

1625–35; < Medieval Latin vindicābilis, equivalent to Latin vindicā ( re ) ( vindicate ) + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

They were jealous of their honor, and believed it vindicable by the duel; they had no doubt that good women were better than bad, and that pedigree in human beings was as important as pedigree in animals; and though they might be quixotic on occasion, they were not democratic pour deux sous.

From Project Gutenberg

The extreme pains taken to reconcile the unfortunate beings to their lot; the assiduity of the clergy to make up, by the assurance of divine mercy, the inexorable fate which awaited them; proved that these awful slaughters were onerous to the colonial conscience, and vindicable only as the last resort of the last necessity.

From Project Gutenberg

An abridgement of the natural freedom of men, by the institutions of political societies, is vindicable only on this foot.

From Project Gutenberg

Antonyms: inequity, injustice. justifiable, a. warrantable, defensible, vindicable. justification, n. vindication, exuplpation, exoneration, defense. justifier, n. justificatior, vindicator, defender. justify, v. vindicate, warrant, excuse, exonorate, exculpate, absolve, defend. justle, v. clash, bump, jostle, collide. justly, adv. honestly, fairly, equitably, impartially. justness, n. justice, fairness, equity, impartiality, condignness. jut, v. jut out, project, protrude.--n. projection, jutt. jutting, a. projecting, protruding. jutting out projection, projecture, protrusion jutty, n. pier, mole, jetty. juvenile, a. youthful, young, immature. juvenility, n. youthfulness, immaturity.

From Project Gutenberg

And we do now assure your Excellency, that this Refusal is vindicable, in the opinion of this Congress, by the Laws of Reason and Self preservation; and the People ought to be and will be supported in it by the united Voice and Efforts of all America.

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Related Words

• acceptable
• admissible
• allowable
• defensible
• lawful
• legitimate
• logical
• probable
• proper
• reasonable
• understandable
• valid