commensurate
Other forms: commensurately
The word commensurate has to do with things that are similar in size and therefore appropriate. Many people think the death penalty is a commensurate punishment for murder. In other words, the penalty fits the crime.
When things are commensurate, they're fair, appropriate, and the right size. If you got a ticket for jaywalking, you shouldn't get ten years in prison — that penalty is not commensurate with the crime. The word commensurate is usually followed by with or to; one thing is commensurate with or to another.
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corresponding in size or degree or extent“pay should be commensurate with the time worked”synonyms:commensurablecapable of being measured by a common standardproportionateagreeing in amount, magnitude, or degreeequalhaving the same quantity, value, or measure as anotherantonyms:incommensuratenot corresponding in size or degree or extentdisproportionatenot corresponding in size, extent, or degreeincommensurablenot having a common factorunequalpoorly balanced or matched in quantity or value or measure
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