Thesaurus: condign
Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.
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Definitions
- a. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.
- a. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
- adj. fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment
- 1. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit. [Obs.] Condign and worthy praise. Udall. Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign. Spenser. 2. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime. "Condign censure." Milman. Unless it were a bloody murderer . . . I never gave them condign punishment. Shak.
- s. fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment