different between condign vs befitting

English

Etymology

From Middle English condigne, from Old French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- +? dignus (“worthy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?da?n/

Adjective

condign (comparative more condign, superlative most condign)

1. (rare) Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment
   • 1591?, William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part ii, Act 3, Scene 1:

     Unless it were a bloody murderer, / Or foul felonious thief that fleeced poor passengers, / I never gave them condign punishment:

   • 1885, William Schwenk Gilbert, The Mikado, Act I:

     Pooh-bah: And so, / Although / I wish to go, / And greatly pine / To brightly shine, / And take the line / Of a hero fine, / With grief condign / I must decline –

   • 2004, George F. Will, "Voters' Obligations", in The Washington Post, October 21, 2004:

     [A]n undervote usually reflects either voter carelessness, for which the voter suffers the condign punishment of an unrecorded preference, or reflects the voter's choice not to express a preference[.]

Derived terms

• condignity

Translations

Anagrams

• conding

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bi??f?t.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??f?t.??/
• Rhymes: -?t??

Verb

befitting

1. present participle of befit

Adjective

befitting (comparative more befitting, superlative most befitting)

1. appropriate, becoming

   He moved with a befitting grace.