condign

Definition

Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Vnlesse it were a bloody Murtherer, Or foule felonious Theefe, that fleec'd poore passengers, I neuer gaue them condigne punishment."
• "Consider, then, who is your best friend: he that would have brought him to condign punishment, or he that has saved him?"
• "When our Mahmouds or Selims of Baker Street or Belgrave Square visit their Fatimas with condign punishment, their mothers sew up Fatima’s sack for her, and her sisters and sisters-in-law see her well under water."