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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.] [1913 Webster] Condign and worthy praise. --Udall. [1913 Webster] Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime. "Condign censure." --Milman. [1913 Webster] Unless it were a bloody murderer . . . I never gave them condign punishment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

condign adj 1: fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment; "condign censure"