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   condign

   /kənˈdʌɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved: formal "condign punishment was rare when the criminal was a man of high social standing"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. condignly adverb

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