condign

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈdaɪn/ UK /kənˈdʌɪn/ See IPA manual

Freq #213560

Meanings

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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,... just merited

Opposites

excessive inappropriate undeserved

Etymology

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

Topics

Describing Qualities

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