condign
adjective/kənˈdaɪn/
/kənˈdaɪn/
(formal)- (of a punishment) appropriate to the crimeWord 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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