- justificatory
- adj1. substantiative, substantiating, supportive, supporting, upholding, sustaining, justificative, justifying; apologetic, extenuatory, extenuating, mitigative, mitigating, palliative, palliating.2. exculpatory, exculpating, acquitting, compurga-tory; exonerative, exonerating, vindicatory, vindicative, vindicating; absolutory, absolvent, absolving, excusatory, excusing.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.