condign Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment
    • condign censure

WordNet

Con*dign" adjective
Etymology
F. condigne, L. condignus very worthy; con- + dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Digne.
Definitions
  1. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit. Obs.
    Condign and worthy praise. Udall.
    Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign. Spenser.
  2. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime. "Condign censure." Milman.
    Unless it were a bloody murderer . . . I never gave them condign punishment. Shak.

Webster 1913