condign
/kənˈdʌɪn//kənˈdaɪn/
condign adjective: fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment.
Adjective
condign (comparative more condign, superlative most condign)
- Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment.
- Vnlesse it were a bloody Murtherer,
Or foule felonious Theefe, that fleec'd poore passengers,
I neuer gaue them condigne punishment.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and... - Consider, then, who is your best friend: he that would have brought him to condign punishment, or he that has saved him?1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “The conference between don Diego and John Bull.”, in John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […]...
- Vnlesse it were a bloody Murtherer,
condign meaning in Tamil and Kannada
condign in Tamil
- பொருத்தமான, தகுந்த, உகந்த தண்டனை
condign in Kannada
- ತಕ್ಕ
Examples of condign in a sentence
- Pooh-bah. […] And so, / Although / I wish to go, / And greatly pine / To brightly shine, / And take the line / Of a hero fine, / With grief condign / I must decline—1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan, composer, […] The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu, London: Chappel & Co., […], →OCLC...
- For a Christian, no Beyond is acceptable or imaginable without the participation of God in our eternal destiny, and this in turn implies a condign punishment for every sin, great and small.1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], “Commentary”, in Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985...
Synonyms of condign
Antonyms
Forms of condign
| comparative | more condign |
|---|---|
| superlative | most condign |
Origin of condign
From Middle English condigne, from Old French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- + dignus (“worthy”). Compare deign.
Words formed from condign
Words that rhyme with condign
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about condign
- What does condign mean?
- Condign means fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment.
- What is condign in Tamil?
- Condign in Tamil is பொருத்தமான, தகுந்த, உகந்த தண்டனை. See Condign meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use condign in a sentence?
- Pooh-bah. […] And so, / Although / I wish to go, / And greatly pine / To brightly shine, / And take the line / Of a hero fine, / With grief condign / I must decline—
- What part of speech is condign?
- Condign is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce condign?
- Condign is pronounced /kənˈdʌɪn/ (UK).
Words near condign in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: condign (page history and authors); condign (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); condign (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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