Thesaurus / condign
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Nothing could have been done to stop it which was not done, except the detection and condign punishment of the offenders.
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW, AMERICAN EDITION, VOLUME LIVVARIOUSLet them walk off; and let them make haste, or they may be assured that speedy and condign punishment will overtake them.
THE ONTARIO READERS: THE HIGH SCHOOL READER, 1886MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONIf any person injured one of those birds, condign punishment was sure to overtake him.
THE MYSTERIES OF ALL NATIONSJAMES GRANTIt is probable they took regular and legal means to bring him to condign punishment as a Sabbath-breaker.
SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, AND OCCASIONAL SERMONS, VOLUME 2 (OF 3)THEODORE PARKERThe most refractory he openly menaced with condign punishment, should they make the slightest attempt at impeding the voyage.
GREAT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICACHARLES A. GOODRICHHe could appeal now to the police with better result than when claiming my condign punishment.
THE PASSENGER FROM CALAISARTHUR GRIFFITHSEven that trial was to be immediate, comprehensive, and condign.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 54, NO. 337, NOVEMBER, 1843VARIOUSHe feared every moment that the truth would leak out, and that his beautiful young wife would receive condign punishment.
WERWOLVESELLIOTT O'DONNELLCriticism was held to be impeding its action and was a crime subject to condign punishment.
A HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN; VOL. 4HENRY CHARLES LEAThe sword should not be sheathed till he had been brought to condign punishment as a traitor.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYWORDS RELATED TO CONDIGN
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- applicable
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