What is "condign" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does condign mean in English? Meaning of condign definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "condign" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "condign": fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment

Adjective

  • Meaning: fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment
  • Example: condign censure
  • Synonyms: condign
  • Similar: deserved merited
  • Adjective: (rare) Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment 1591?, William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part ii, Act 3, Scene 1: Unless it were a bloody murderer, / Or foul felonious thief that fleeced poor passengers, / I never gave them condign punishment: 1885, William Schwenk Gilbert, The Mikado, Act I: Pooh-bah: And so, / Although / I wish to go, / And greatly pine / To brightly shine, / And take the line / Of a hero fine, / With grief condign / I must decline – 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire: For a Christian, no Beyond is acceptable or imaginable without the participation of God in our eternal destiny, and this in turn implies a condign punishment for every sin, great and small. 2004, George F. Will, "Voters' Obligations", in The Washington Post, October 21, 2004: [A]n undervote usually reflects either voter carelessness, for which the voter suffers the condign punishment of an unrecorded preference, or reflects the voter's choice not to express a preference[.]1591?, William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part ii, Act 3, Scene 1: Unless it were a bloody murderer, / Or foul felonious thief that fleeced poor passengers, / I never gave them condign punishment:1885, William Schwenk Gilbert, The Mikado, Act I: Pooh-bah: And so, / Although / I wish to go, / And greatly pine / To brightly shine, / And take the line / Of a hero fine, / With grief condign / I must decline –1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire: For a Christian, no Beyond is acceptable or imaginable without the participation of God in our eternal destiny, and this in turn implies a condign punishment for every sin, great and small.2004, George F. Will, "Voters' Obligations", in The Washington Post, October 21, 2004: [A]n undervote usually reflects either voter carelessness, for which the voter suffers the condign punishment of an unrecorded preference, or reflects the voter's choice not to express a preference[.]
  • Synonyms:

    deserved, good, fit, fair, fitting, right, coming, requisite, becoming, equitable, just, merited, obligatory, rightful, suitable, earned, justified, rhadamanthine, equitable, aloof, blameless, conscientious, decent, dependable, dispassionate, due, equal, ethical, good, honest, honorable, lawful, nonpartisan, objective, pure, reliable, right, righteous, rightful, rigid, scrupulous, strict, tried, trustworthy, unbiased, upright, virtuous, evenhanded, fair-minded, true, nondiscriminatory, uncolored, apt, befitting, deserved, due, felicitous, fit, fitting, happy, legitimate, meet, merited, proper, reasonable, requisite, right, rightful, justified, well-deserved, justifiable, constitutional, legal, statutory, valid, authorized, permissible, proper, rightful, bona fide, canonical, due, enforced, established, innocent, judicial, just, kosher, licit, mandated, official, on the level, ordained, ordered, protected, ruled, warranted, jurisprudent, legit, vested, card-carrying, commanded, decreed, enacted, enjoined, judged, jural, juridical, legalized, legislated, legitimatized, of right, on the up and up, passed, warrantable, fair, constitutional, statutory, valid, legitimate, lawful, proper, acknowledged, authorized, clean, due, enforced, forensic, granted, innocent, judicial, just, justifiable, licit, on the level, ordained, prescribed, protected, right, rightful, sanctioned, sound, straight, warranted, legit, juridical, contractual, allowed, card-carrying, chartered, decreed, enforcible, enjoined, judged, justified, legalized, on the up and up, passed, precedented, sure enough, within the law, appropriate, compulsory, deserved, due, enforced, essential, imperative, imperious, indispensable, just, mandatory, needed, obligatory, prerequisite, prescribed, recommended, right, rightful, set, suitable, unavoidable, vital, needful, called for, compulsatory, demanded, good, legal, honest, appropriate, legitimate, proper, honorable, suitable, deserved, due, merited, fitting, moral, upright, requisite, conscientious, equitable, ethical, justifiable, lawful, righteous, rightful, scrupulous, virtuous, true, stand-up, good, decent, acceptable, desirable, all right, ideal, common, convenient, proper, suitable, sufficient, correct, happy, befitting, deserved, fit, becoming, due, merited, done, requisite, nice, adequate, advantageous, comely, decorous, favorable, felicitous, opportune, propitious, rightful, satisfactory, seemly, tolerable, comme il faut, proper, deserved, lawful, applicable, appropriate, apt, authorized, befitting, bona fide, canonical, due, ethical, fair, fit, fitting, honest, just, kosher, legal, merited, moral, noble, official, on the level, orthodox, permitted, real, requisite, right, suitable, valid, virtuous, legit, principled, right-minded, true, card-carrying, holding water, moralistic, on the up and up, twenty-four carat, satisfactory, relevant, useful, reasonable, convenient, sufficient, applicable, apt, handy, fitting, good, suited, proper, advisable, correct, apposite, becoming, befitting, commodious, cut out for, deserved, due, expedient, felicitous, fit, happy, just, kosher, meet, merited, nice, okay, opportune, peachy, pertinent, politic, presentable, requisite, right, righteous, rightful, seemly, swell, legit, good enough, copacetic, in character, in keeping, up to snuff, user friendly, prescribed, enforced, mandatory, appropriate, obligatory, needed, recommended, vital, requisite, compulsory, set, right, deserved, due, essential, imperative, imperious, indispensable, just, prerequisite, rightful, suitable, unavoidable, needful, demanded, called for, compulsatory, authorized, bona fide, canonical, constitutional, due, enforced, established, innocent, judicial, jurisprudent, just, justifiable, kosher, legal, legitimate, licit, mandated, official, on the level, ordained, ordered, permissible, proper, protected, rightful, ruled, statutory, valid, warranted, card-carrying, commanded, decreed, enacted, enjoined, judged, jural, juridical, legalized, legislated, legitimatized, of right, on the up and up, passed, vested, warrantable, expected, anticipated, right, deserved, fit, becoming, merited, fitting, coming, fair, equitable, good, just, obligatory, requisite, rightful, suitable, earned, justified, rhadamanthine,

    Antonyms:

    immoral, unsuitable, inadequate, inappropriate, incorrect, unsuited, unfair, unjust, insufficient, unjustified, unfit, unfitting, paid, improper, unmerited, unrightful, inequitable, unfair, unjust, inaccurate, unjustified, inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited, partial, imprecise, wrong, unfitting, inequitable, unfair, unjust, inaccurate, unjustified, inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited, partial, imprecise, wrong, unfitting, illegal, illegitimate, unacceptable, incorrect, illicit, prohibited, taboo, unlawful, wrong, unacceptable, illegal, illegitimate, unlawful, illicit, invalid, wrong, nonessential, optional, unnecessary, evil, unsuitable, unreal, illegal, illegitimate, unlawful, dishonest, fraudulent, untrustworthy, unacceptable, inappropriate, immoral, inequitable, unfair, unjust, inaccurate, inadmissible, unsuited, insane, misbehaving, false, improper, unfitting, invalid, corrupt, wrong, imprecise, mad, unfit, unhealthy, left, evil, unsuitable, inadequate, inappropriate, unsuited, insufficient, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, incorrect, unbecoming, immoral, inequitable, unfair, unjust, inaccurate, inadmissible, insane, bad, disagreeable, misbehaving, poor, wrong, flawed, improper, unfitting, corrupt, imprecise, mad, unfit, unhealthy, left, illegal, illegitimate, incorrect, wrongful, inadequate, insufficient, unacceptable, unsuitable, inappropriate, useless, stupid, inconvenient, incorrect, unskilled, irrelevant, awkward, unhandy, improper, unfitting, misbehaving, optional, voluntary, inessential, unfair, unjust, inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited, incorrect, unseemly, unfitting, unfit, ugly, improper,

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