vindicative

page 316: A vindicative war can be defined as one in which we strive to gain that which is our own or which is due to us. […]

page 328: […] since that is a vindicative war in which we strive to gain what is our own, but a punitive war is one in which a penalty is exacted from one against whom the war is brought; […]

He in heat of action Is more vindicative than jealous love.