'Condign' definitions:
Definition of 'condign'
From: WordNet
adjective
Fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment; "condign censure"
Definition of 'Condign'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'condign'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- according to Hoyle,
- appropriate,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- becoming,
- correct,
- decent,
- decorous,
- deserved,
- dreadful,
- due,
- fair,
- fit,
- fitting,
- good,
- grim,
- horrible,
- just,
- kosher,
- merited,
- nice,
- normal,
- normative,
- proper,
- requisite,
- right,
- right and proper,
- righteous,
- rightful,
- rigorous,
- seemly,
- stern,
- strict,
- stringent,
- suitable