condign
[adjective]
Synonyms: just, appropriate, deserved, due, merited, requisite, rhadamanthine, right, rightful, suitable

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Related Words: grim, rigorous, stern, strict, stringent, atrocious, awful, dreadful, horrible

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condign adjective

1. (of a punishment) appropriate to the crime
   Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘worthy, appropriate’): from Old French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- ‘altogether’ + dignus ‘worthy’.

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