commendability

See also: commandability

English

Etymology

commend +‎ -ability

Noun

commendability (uncountable)

1. 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.

   • 2008, Clark Butler, Human Rights Ethics: A Rational Approach‎^[2], West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118, →ISBN:

     The commendability of actions within a practice by an accepted standard may occur by a non-rational standard.

   • 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.