laudable
adj/ˈlɔːdəbl/
Etymology From Middle English laudable, from Old French laudable or directly from Latin laudabilis; equivalent to laud + -able.
1
Worthy of being lauded.
- Near-synonym: admirable
- laudable motives
3 more examples
- laudable actions
- laudable ambition
- That there is and from time immemorial has been within that part of the parish called Mablethorpe St. Mary's a laudable custom that, if any outdweller take ancient pasture ground, he shall pay a modus of 4d. an acre, and so in proportion, on the 1st of August, in lieu of all manner of tithe; and that if any of the ancient pasture be once ploughed up or meadowed, it shall, when restored to pasture again, pay 4d. the acre in the hands of such outdweller.1917, The English Reports: Exchequer, page 789:
2
Archaic Healthful; having a disposition to promote healing.
- laudable juices of the body
- laudable pus
- Derived terms
- laudableness, laudably, unlaudable