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- Dictionarycondign/kənˈdʌɪn/
adjective
- 1. (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved: formal "condign punishment was rare when the criminal was a man of high social standing"
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: deserved, appropriate. condign punishment. condignly adverb. Did you know? In his 1755 Dictionary of the English Language, lexicographer Samuel Johnson noted that "condign" was "always used of something deserved by crimes."
CONDIGN definition: 1. Condign punishment is suitable or right for a particular crime: 2. Condign punishment is…. Learn more.
Use the adjective condign to describe a fair and fitting punishment, like the condign clean-up work assigned to a group of students after they made a big mess.
Condign definition: well-deserved; fitting; adequate. See examples of CONDIGN used in a sentence.
adjective. formal us / kənˈdaɪn / uk / kənˈdaɪn / Add to word list. Condign punishment is suitable or right for a particular crime: Expropriation of property seemed condign punishment for treason. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Punishing & punishments. ankle bracelet. ankle tag. attach. ball and chain. bar.
Word origin. ME & OFr condigne < L condignus, very worthy < com-, intens. + dignus, worthy: see dignity. Word Frequency. condign in American English. (kənˈdain) adjective. well-deserved; fitting; adequate. condign punishment. SYNONYMS appropriate, suitable. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Define condign. condign synonyms, condign pronunciation, condign translation, English dictionary definition of condign. adj. Deserved; adequate: "On sober reflection, such worries over a man's condign punishment seemed senseless" . con·dign′ly adv. American Heritage®...
