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condign

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Condign \Con*dign"\, a. [F. condigne, L. condignus very worthy;
   con- + dignus worthy. See {Deign}, and cf. {Digne}.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

condign
     adj : fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of
           punishment; "condign censure"
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