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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Condign \Con*dign"\, a. [F. condigne, L. condignus very worthy;
con- + dignus worthy. See {Deign}, and cf {Digne}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
condign
adj : fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of
punishment; "condign censure"
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