the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Tending to justify; vindicatory; defensory.
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adj. attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
adj. providing justification
Word Usage
"Following hard on the ‘perils of pop philosophy’ article, I find it ironic that this commentary veers hard into the raw self-justificatory reductio that was lambasted only yesterday."