Vin″di‐ca‐tive (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. vindicatif. Cf. Vindictive.] 1. Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy.
2. Revengeful; vindictive.
Vindicative persons live the life of witches, who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate. Bacon.
— Vin″di‐ca‐tive‐ness, n.