vindicativeness

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vindicativeness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vindicative \Vin"di*ca*tive\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. vindicatif.
     Cf. Vindictive.]
     1. Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative
        policy.
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     2. Revengeful; vindictive. [Obs.]
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              Vindicative persons live the life of witches, who,
              as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate.
                                                    --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster] -- Vin"di*ca*tive*ness, n.
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