Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Condign

Condign , adjective

[French condigne, Latin condignus very worthy; con- + dignus worthy. See Deign, and compare Digne.]

1.
Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit. [Obsolete]
Condign and worthy praise. — Udall
Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign. — Spenser
2.
Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
Condign censure. — Milman
Unless it were a bloody murderer... I never gave them condign punishment. — Shakespeare