Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
fitting or appropriate and deserved;
used especially of punishment;
- Example: "condign censure"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Condign \Con*dign"\, a. [F. condigne, L. condignus very worthy;
con- + dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Digne.]
1. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit. [Obs.]
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Condign and worthy praise. --Udall.
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Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign.
--Spenser.
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2. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
"Condign censure." --Milman.
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Unless it were a bloody murderer . . .
I never gave them condign punishment. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
condign
adj 1: fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of
punishment; "condign censure"