[kənˈdʌɪn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved
(e.g: condign punishment was rare when the criminal was a man of high social standing)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘worthy, appropriate’): from Old French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- ‘altogether’ + dignus ‘worthy’