commendability
See also: commandability
English
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editNoun
editcommendability (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being commendable.
- Synonyms: praiseworthiness, laudability, commendableness
- 1990, Larry Gostin, Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and Privacy[1], Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153, →ISBN:
- While the decision to offer a baby for adoption is usually morally admirable in itself, for both the birth parents and the adoptive parents, the commendability of adoption says nothing about the moral acceptability of the circumstances in which conception occurred.
- 2013, Shinʼichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love (Revised Edition)[3], Alfred Music, →ISBN, →ISBN:
- For that position to be bestowed on someone, he or she must demonstrate the following three attributes: first, a refined musical sense; second, outstanding performing ability; and third, commendability as a human being.