| NEGATORY | • negatory adj. Negative, negating. • negatory n. (Military, CB slang) No. • NEGATORY adj. expressing denial. |
| NUGATORY | • nugatory adj. Trivial, trifling or of little importance. • nugatory adj. Ineffective, invalid or futile. • nugatory adj. (Law) Having no force, inoperative, ineffectual. |
| ROGATORY | • rogatory adj. (Law) Seeking information or evidence, especially from a foreign court. • ROGATORY adj. requesting information. |
| PURGATORY | • purgatory n. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Purgatory. • purgatory n. Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption. • purgatory adj. Tending to cleanse; expiatory. |
| DEROGATORY | • derogatory adj. Disparaging. • derogatory adj. (Usually with to) Tending to derogate… • derogatory adj. (Law, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause. |
| FUMIGATORY | • fumigatory adj. Having the quality of purifying by smoke. • FUMIGATORY adj. having the quality of purifying by smoke. |
| INDAGATORY | • indagatory adj. Indagative. • INDAGATORY adj. investigative, also INDAGATIVE. |
| MITIGATORY | • mitigatory adj. Reducing, lessening the effects of something, generally something painful or uncomfortable. • MITIGATORY adj. tending to mitigate. |
| OBLIGATORY | • obligatory adj. Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory. • obligatory adj. Requiring a matter or obligation. • OBLIGATORY adj. binding in law or conscience. |
| CASTIGATORY | • castigatory adj. Serving or tending to castigate. • castigatory n. (Obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; the ducking stool or trebucket. • CASTIGATORY adj. tending to castigate. |
| EXPURGATORY | • expurgatory adj. Serving to expurgate. • EXPURGATORY adj. tending to expurgate or purify, also EXPURGATORIAL. |
| FUSTIGATORY | • FUSTIGATORY adj. relating to fustigation, beating with a club. |
| OBJURGATORY | • objurgatory adj. Strongly rebuking or scolding. • OBJURGATORY adj. chiding, scolding, also OBJURGATIVE. |
| COMPURGATORY | • compurgatory adj. Compurgatorial. • COMPURGATORY adj. relating to compurgation, the clearing of an accused person by means of oaths. |
| DISOBLIGATORY | • disobligatory adj. (Obsolete) Releasing from obligation. • DISOBLIGATORY adj. releasing from disobligation. |
| INTERROGATORY | • interrogatory n. (Law) A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule. • interrogatory n. A question; an interrogation. • interrogatory adj. Serving to interrogate; questioning. |
| INVESTIGATORY | • investigatory adj. Aimed at investigating; investigative. • INVESTIGATORY adj. of the nature of investigation. |
| SUPEREROGATORY | • supererogatory adj. Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in… • SUPEREROGATORY adj. going beyond the call of duty; superfluous. |