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condign

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con⋅dign

  [kuhn-dahyn]
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–adjective
well-deserved; fitting; adequate: condign punishment.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME condigne < AF, MF < L condignus, equiv. to con- con- + dignus worthy; see dignity

Related forms:
con⋅dign⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
appropriate, suitable.
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con·dign   (kən-dīn')   
adj.  Deserved; adequate: "On sober reflection, such worries over a man's condign punishment seemed senseless" (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)

[Middle English condigne, from Old French, from Latin condignus : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + dignus, worthy; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
con·dign'ly adv.
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