condign as an adjective: - 1
condign
adjective
1 condign
Fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment.
Roget 924:
having a right to
etc.
v.;
entitled to;
claiming;
deserving,
meriting,
worthy of.
privileged,
allowed,
sanctioned,
warranted,
authorized;
ordained,
prescribed,
constitutional,
chartered,
enfranchised.
prescriptive,
presumptive;
absolute,
indefeasible;
unalienable,
inalienable;
imprescriptible†,
inviolable,
unimpeachable,
unchallenged;
sacrosanct.
due to,
merited,
deserved,
condign,
richly deserved.
allowable
etc.
(permitted)
760;
lawful,
licit,
legitimate,
legal;
legalized
etc.
(law)
963.
square,
unexceptionable,
right;
equitable
etc.
922;
due,
en r gle;
fit,
fitting;
correct,
proper,
meet,
befitting,
becoming,
seemly;
decorous;
creditable,
up to the mark,
right as a trivet;
just the thing,
quite the thing;
selon les r gles [Fr.].
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Moby thesaurus: according to Hoyle, appropriate, atrocious, awful, becoming, correct, decent, decorous, deserved, dreadful, due, fair, fit, fitting, good, grim, horrible, just, kosher, merited, nice, normal, normative, proper, requisite, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, rigorous, seemly, stern, strict, stringent, suitable ... show more.
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