What's the difference between condign and condignness?
Condign
Definition:
(a.) Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit.
(a.) Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
Example Sentences:
(1) His rich vocabulary , including such rarely used words as "bailiwick", "condign", "propinquity" and "occlude", lifted the tone of the long sessions before Lord Justice Leveson.
(2) Whatever you think of American capitalism, one of its redeeming features is the aggressive pursuit and condign punishment of those who abuse, rig and defraud markets.
Condignness
Definition:
(n.) Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.
Example Sentences:
(1) His rich vocabulary , including such rarely used words as "bailiwick", "condign", "propinquity" and "occlude", lifted the tone of the long sessions before Lord Justice Leveson.
(2) Whatever you think of American capitalism, one of its redeeming features is the aggressive pursuit and condign punishment of those who abuse, rig and defraud markets.