condign UK /kənˈdʌɪn/US /kənˈdaɪn/ adjective1 •(no longer used) 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 formsmore condign · most condign