What's the difference between retributory and vindicatory?

Retributory

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Definition:

• (a.) Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.

Example Sentences:

• (1) A Spanish judge indicted Karake in 2008 for alleged retributory war crimes in the years after the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Vindicatory

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Definition:

• (a.) Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
• (a.) Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory.

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