adj
Meaning 1
Providing or related to justification; justificational.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
justificatory
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfəˌkeɪt(ə)ɹi/
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General-American: /d͡ʒəˈstɪ.fə.kəˌtɔ.ɹi/
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General-American: /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪ.fəˌkeɪ.tə.ɹi/
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
providing justification
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: justificative, vindicatory
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: defensive, justificative
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: оправдателен (opravdatelen) — providing justification
- French: justificateur — providing justification
- Greek: δικαιολογητικός (dikaiologitikós) — providing justification
- Italian: giustificatore — providing justification
- Polish: usprawiedliwiający — providing justification