as in justified
being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong
a suspension without pay is condign punishment for breaking the company's code of business ethics
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Recent Examples of condign
His sickness is condign affirmation of his manifold failures, arrogance and incompetence.
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Gerard Baker, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
That means reversal of Scruton’s ritual humiliation — and equally condign sanctions against the man who willfully deceived his readers and the public about Scruton’s views.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 17 July 2019
Here’s the problem: There is no satisfying, condign punishment for boorish behavior like Ansari’s.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 Jan. 2018
Journalism’s year of travails, stumbles, goofs, errors, retractions, suspensions, and firings is nemesis of the most vengeful, condign sort.
—Varad Mehta, National Review, 15 Dec. 2017
Gerard Baker, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
That means reversal of Scruton’s ritual humiliation — and equally condign sanctions against the man who willfully deceived his readers and the public about Scruton’s views.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 17 July 2019
Here’s the problem: There is no satisfying, condign punishment for boorish behavior like Ansari’s.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 Jan. 2018
Journalism’s year of travails, stumbles, goofs, errors, retractions, suspensions, and firings is nemesis of the most vengeful, condign sort.
—Varad Mehta, National Review, 15 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condign
Adjective
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But the common strand in their brutal methodology was the Marxist conviction that violence is a necessary and justified catalyst of change.—
Katja Hoyer,
semafor.com,
19 July 2025
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To convert justified public frustration into a license for withdrawal.—
Noliwe Rooks,
Time,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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More Antonio Masiello/Getty Images Regarding that deserved disrepute, the specifics of this new raid are startling.—
Steve Cortes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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But there’s another aspect of military life that rarely gets deserved attention: the relentless cycle of relocation.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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The most unfortunate 9% of the more than 1,000 employees surveyed reported that their employer actively discouraged taking time off. Do not give up your rightful vacation time!—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Prediction markets have been likened to gambling by critics, who argue the CFTC is not an appropriate overseer and that states are the rightful regulators.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Its national expansion efforts are notably slow and deliberate, due partially to the company’s commitment to never freezing any of its ingredients, meaning that any new restaurant must be within a day’s driving distance of an In-N-Out supply center.—
Tom Huddleston Jr.,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
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The changes comes as Target struggles with lagging sales, due in part to ongoing fallout over the company’s decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, as reported by KCRA and CNN.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
22 July 2025
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“Condign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condign. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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