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Meanings of justificatory in English

Attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing.

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        Providing justification.

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              Examples for "defensive"
              Examples for "defensive"
              1
              They can turn quickly from a defensive situation to an attacking situation.
              Radio NZ
              2
              The group known as the 'frugal four' is pursuing a defensive approach.
              The Guardian
              3
              China says its increasingly high-tech military forces are purely for defensive purposes.
              Reuters
              4
              The Sea Eagles deserved the victory with their defensive effort first rate.
              The Guardian
              5
              Instead, expect Manolas to lead their defensive line for years to come.
              The Guardian
              1
              Meantime, a document-heshould at once prepare a justificative document.
              Romance
              2
              There is no justificative formula for its existence any more than for any other artistic achievement.
              Notes on Life & Letters
              3
              Yes; with other more important documents constituting what I may call my pieces justificatives.
              The Parisians — Volume 05
              4
              When settled in some modest apartment, I shall place in your hands my pieces justificatives.
              The Parisians — Complete
              Usage of justificatory in English
              1
              Internally, these justificatory presentations can be as upsetting as the figures themselves.
              The Guardian
              2
              The threatened directors sent a justificatory message to the councils, and proposed peace.
              History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814
              3
              But his self-justificatory indignation against her evaporated as she spoke again.
              Eyeless in Gaza
              4
              This action determined on, it was in accordance with the Anglo-Indian fitness of things that the Governor-General should promulgate a justificatory manifesto.
              The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80
              5
              Obama, senior partner in a dysfunctional relationship, allowed Netanyahu to beard him repeatedly, not least in the latter's self-justificatory 2015 address to Congress.
              The Guardian
              6
              "Not so bad as we seem," justificatory remarks on.
              Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
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              Justificatory through the time