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Definition of Condign
1. Adjective. Fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment. "Condign censure"
Definition of Condign
1. a. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.
Definition of Condign
1. Adjective. (rare) Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment ¹
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Definition of Condign
1. deserved; appropriate [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Condign
Literary usage of Condign
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... demerit. deserving, a. worthy, meritorious, good (contextual). deserved, a.
condign (archaic, exc. of punishment), just, rightful, merited, due. design, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... с ii, in PL, XXXVIII, 863). an ethical point of view the difference practically
amounts to this that, if the reward due to condign merit be withheld, ..."
3. The Trial of Theodore Parker: For the "misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil by Theodore Parker (1855)
"The activity, zeal, and ability, which have been exhibited by the learned Attorney
of the United States, in endeavoring to bring to condign punishment the ..."
4. The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and of by Roger, Roger of Hoveden, Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
"... second, and third time, they do not correct their excesses, shall be brought
by the ban of excommunication to make condign satisfaction. ..."
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