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condign

[kuhn-dahyn] / kənˈdaɪn /
ADJECTIVE
due
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deserved earned
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coming fair fit fitting good requisite right
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becoming equitable just justified merited obligatory rhadamanthine rightful suitable
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inadequate inappropriate incorrect unfair unfitting unjust unsuitable unsuited
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improper unjustified unmerited unrightful
ADJECTIVE
just
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equitable
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aloof blameless conscientious decent dependable dispassionate due equal ethical evenhanded fair-minded good honest honorable lawful nondiscriminatory nonpartisan objective pure reliable right righteous rightful rigid scrupulous strict tried true trustworthy unbiased uncolored upright virtuous
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imprecise inaccurate inappropriate inequitable partial unfair unfitting unjust unjustified unsuitable unsuited wrong
ADJECTIVE
just
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apt befitting deserved due felicitous fit fitting happy justified legitimate meet merited proper reasonable requisite right rightful well-deserved
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imprecise inaccurate inappropriate inequitable partial unfair unfitting unjust unjustified unsuitable unsuited wrong
ADJECTIVE
lawful
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authorized constitutional justifiable legal permissible proper rightful statutory valid
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bona fide canonical card-carrying commanded decreed due enacted enforced enjoined established innocent judged judicial jural juridical jurisprudent just kosher legalized legislated legit legitimatized licit mandated of right official on the level on the up and up ordained ordered passed protected ruled vested warrantable warranted
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illegal illegitimate incorrect unacceptable wrong
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illicit prohibited taboo unlawful
ADJECTIVE
legal
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constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid
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acknowledged allowed authorized card-carrying chartered clean decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legalized legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained passed precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted within the law
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illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful
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illicit wrong
ADJECTIVE
legit
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authorized bona fide canonical card-carrying commanded constitutional decreed due enacted enforced enjoined established innocent judged judicial jural juridical jurisprudent just justifiable kosher legal legalized legislated legitimate legitimatized licit mandated of right official on the level on the up and up ordained ordered passed permissible proper protected rightful ruled statutory valid vested warrantable warranted
ADJECTIVE
required
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appropriate compulsory enforced mandatory must-have necessary needed obligatory prescribed recommended requisite vital
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demanded deserved right set
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called-for compulsatory due essential imperative imperious indispensable just needful prerequisite rightful suitable unavoidable
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optional voluntary
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inessential
ADJECTIVE
required/requisite
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appropriate called-for compulsatory compulsory demanded deserved due enforced essential imperative imperious indispensable just mandatory needed needful obligatory prerequisite prescribed recommended right rightful set suitable unavoidable vital
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nonessential optional unnecessary
ADJECTIVE
right
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appropriate good honest honorable legal legitimate proper suitable true
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deserved due fitting merited moral requisite upright
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conscientious equitable ethical justifiable lawful righteous rightful scrupulous stand-up virtuous
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dishonest inequitable unfair unjust
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illegal illegitimate improper unlawful wrong
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corrupt immoral
ADJECTIVE
right
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acceptable all right common convenient correct decent desirable good happy ideal proper sufficient suitable
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becoming befitting deserved due fit merited nice requisite
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adequate advantageous comely comme il faut decorous favorable felicitous opportune propitious rightful satisfactory seemly tolerable
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improper inappropriate unfitting unsuitable unsuited
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inadequate unbecoming
ADJECTIVE
rightful
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deserved lawful proper
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24-carat applicable appropriate apt authorized befitting bona fide canonical card-carrying due ethical fair fit fitting holding water honest just kosher legal legit merited moral moralistic noble official on the level on the up and up orthodox permitted principled real requisite right right-minded suitable true valid virtuous
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illegal illegitimate incorrect wrongful
ADJECTIVE
scheduled
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anticipated expected
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becoming coming deserved earned fair fit fitting justified merited right
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equitable good just obligatory requisite rhadamanthine rightful suitable
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improper inappropriate incorrect ugly unfair unfit unfitting unjust unseemly unsuitable unsuited
ADJECTIVE
suitable
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advisable applicable apt convenient correct fitting good good enough handy proper reasonable relevant satisfactory sufficient suited useful
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apposite becoming befitting commodious copacetic cut out for deserved due expedient felicitous fit happy in character in keeping just kosher legit meet merited nice okay opportune peachy pertinent politic presentable requisite right righteous rightful seemly swell up to snuff user friendly
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awkward improper inadequate inappropriate inconvenient incorrect insufficient misbehaving stupid unacceptable unfitting unhandy unskilled unsuitable useless
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irrelevant

Example Sentences

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That is changing, if the NSO’s growth in condign prestige under the direction of Music Director Gianandrea Noseda is a fair indication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

But we suppose having to serve as governor of Illinois is condign punishment for the offense… - Speaking of jobs no sane person would want, who’d like to be the next Prime Minister of Britain?

From Fox News • Nov. 15, 2018

So welcome, then, El Hadji Diouf, to Scotland, cradle of the enlightenment and beacon of condign behaviour at all times in a dark world.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2011

CSI stalwart Sarah Butler does what she can with the much-wronged hellcat, but her character's condign rage rouses ne'er a flicker of empathy.

From The Guardian • Jan. 24, 2011

But in such cases Dr Paulsen would have the courts hold the injured person scathless, whether he be challenger or challenged, and visit the aggressor with condign punishment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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