Use 'proportionate' to compare fairness between sizes, amounts, or degrees of things. They shared the profits in a proportionate manner, based on their investments.
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Measure Justice
'Proportionate' often relates to justice, meaning the punishment fits the crime. The judge issued a proportionate sentence, considering the minor nature of the offense.
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Avoiding Excess
Describes actions or measures that avoid being excessive or insufficient. The response was proportionate to the threat, neither overbearing nor weak.