justificatory

[ juh-stif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, juhs-tuh-fi-key-tuh-ree ]

/ dʒʌˈstɪf ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈdʒʌs tə fɪˌkeɪ tə ri /

serving to justify; providing justification.

Also jus·ti·fi·ca·tive

[juhs-tuh-fi-key-tiv] /ˈdʒʌs tə fɪˌkeɪ tɪv/.

Origin of justificatory

1570–80; < Late Latin justificā(re) to justify + -tory¹

He had no adequate preparation for it, nor, so far as I could perceive, any justificatory call.

On the Stairs |Henry B. Fuller
Alcaraz fortifies his views by some documents, and by a justificatory commentary of the Marques himself.

Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 |Brantz Mayer
It has been said that this work was printed at Frankfort, with the exception of the justificatory pieces.

The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. |Juan Antonio Llorente
It commences with a justificatory recital of the misdeeds of the Royalists.

The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 |Various

It remains to find the justificatory reason for this retroactive movement of the body, which seems illogical at first sight.

Delsarte System of Oratory |Various

justificatory

/ (ˈdʒʌstɪfɪˌkeɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

serving as justification or capable of justifying; vindicatory