Condign

//kənˈdaɪn// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment.

    "Vnlesse it were a bloody Murtherer, Or foule felonious Theefe, that fleec'd poore passengers, I neuer gaue them condigne punishment."

Adjective
  1. 1
    fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment wordnet

Synonyms

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meritedaccording to hoyleappropriateatrociousawfulbecoming

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"Vnlesse it were a bloody Murtherer, Or foule felonious Theefe, that fleec'd poore passengers, I neuer gaue them condigne punishment."

Etymology

From Middle English condigne, from Old French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- + dignus (“worthy”). Compare deign.

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