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adj. Deserved; adequate: "On sober reflection, such worries over a man's condign punishment seemed senseless” ( Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)

adj. Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment

adj. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.

adj. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.

Deserving; worthy: applied to persons.

Well-deserved; worthily bestowed; merited; suitable: applied to things— With reference to praise or thanks.

With reference to censure, punishment, or what is of the nature of punishment: the more common use.

adj. fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment

"Adequate merit, also called condign merit, is merit in the strictest sense of the term; it requires proportion between service and reward."

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