different between justifiable vs condign

English

Etymology

From Middle French justifiable

Adjective

justifiable (comparative more justifiable, superlative most justifiable)

1. That can be justified.
   • 1917, Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Part II.

     It was at all times clear that, from the point of view of the idea it conveys to us, every motion must be considered only as a relative motion. Returning to the illustration we have frequently used of the embankment and the railway carriage, we can express the fact of the motion here taking place in the following two forms, both of which are equally justifiable:

     (a) The carriage is in motion relative to the embankment,

     (b) The embankment is in motion relative to the carriage.

     In (a) the embankment, in (b) the carriage, serves as the body of reference in our statement of the motion taking place. —

Antonyms

• unjustifiable

Related terms

• justifiability
• justifiably
• justify

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

justifiable (plural justifiables)

1. justifiable

Related terms

• justifier
• justification
• justifiablement

Further reading

• “justifiable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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