condign
well-deserved; fitting; adequate: condign punishment.
Origin of condign
1Other words for condign
Other words from condign
- con·dign·ly, adverb
Words Nearby condign
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How to use condign in a sentence
Nothing could have been done to stop it which was not done, except the detection and condign punishment of the offenders.
Let them walk off; and let them make haste, or they may be assured that speedy and condign punishment will overtake them.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationIf any person injured one of those birds, condign punishment was sure to overtake him.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantIt is probable they took regular and legal means to bring him to condign punishment as a Sabbath-breaker.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 2 (of 3) | Theodore ParkerThe most refractory he openly menaced with condign punishment, should they make the slightest attempt at impeding the voyage.
Great Events in the History of North and South America | Charles A. Goodrich
British Dictionary definitions for condign
/ (kənˈdaɪn) /
(esp of a punishment) fitting; deserved
Origin of condign
1Derived forms of condign
- condignly, adverb
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