"vindical" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the Medieval Latin vindicālis (“avenging, punishing, vengeful, vindictive”), from the Classical Latin vindex (“avenger, punisher, revenger”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).",
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          "ref": "1797, Edmund Burke, “A Letter from Mr. Burke to Dr. Huſſey” in Francis Plowden’s Hiſtorical Review of the State of Ireland (1803) II, Appendix, № cix, page 291",
          "text": "The great point for you […] is to eſtabliſh the circumſtance either of menace, coercion, or puniſhment as the caſe may be. When you have bottomed yourſelf well upon theſe facts, you need not be afraid to meet the vindical Lord D—— upon this ground."
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        "Eager to punish; vindicative."
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        "(obsolete, rare) Eager to punish; vindicative."
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          "sense": "eager to punish",
          "word": "vengeful"
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        {
          "sense": "eager to punish",
          "word": "vindicative"
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          "sense": "eager to punish",
          "word": "vindictive"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪndɪkəl"
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  "word": "vindical"
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      "sense": "eager to punish",
      "word": "vengeful"
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  "word": "vindical"
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