US /kənˈdaɪn/ UK /kənˈdʌɪn/
adj Freq #213560

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    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.

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Synonyms
1 adj · fitting, appropriate,... justmerited

Etymology

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

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