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Congruous


CONGRUOUS, adjective [Latin]

1. Suitable; consistent; agreeable to. Light airy music and a solemn or mournful occasion are not congruous Obedience to God is congruous to the light of reason.

2. Rational; fit.

It is not congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.