'Vindicativeness' definitions:
Definition of 'Vindicativeness'
From: GCIDE
- Vindicative \Vin"di*ca*tive\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. vindicatif. Cf. Vindictive.]
- 1. Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Revengeful; vindictive. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]