commendability en · NOUN
Etymology
From commend + -ability.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being commendable.
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.
2013, Shinʼichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love (Revised Edition), Alfred Music, →ISBN, →ISBN:The commendability of actions within a practice by an accepted standard may occur by a non-rational standard.
2008, Clark Butler, Human Rights Ethics: A Rational Approach, West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 118, →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.
1990, Larry Gostin, Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and Privacy, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153, →ISBN: