laudable

[law-duh-buh l]

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adjective

deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
Medicine/Medical Obsolete. healthy; wholesome; not noxious.

Origin of laudable

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word laudābilis. See laud, -able

Related formslaud·a·bil·i·ty, laud·a·ble·ness, nounlaud·a·bly, adverbun·laud·a·ble, adjectiveun·laud·a·ble·ness, nounun·laud·a·bly, adverb

Can be confusedlaudable laudatory

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Examples from the Web for laudable

Contemporary Examples

With laudable promptness, the speechifying began, as promised, at 11.
Black American Leadership Alliance D.C. Anti-Immigration Rally Wilts
Michelle Cottle
July 16, 2013
The garment is laudable: both innovative and socially conscious.
‘Anti-Rape’ Lingerie Creator Wants to Protect Women From Sexual Assault
Isabel Wilkinson
April 10, 2013
But the activists, for obvious and laudable reasons, want this option to be taken off the books in this case and for all time.
Saudi Arabia’s Child-Rape Case: Female Activists Fight to Prevent Abuse
Christopher Dickey
February 8, 2013
And we endorse the principle that no goal is laudable if it increases even slightly the risk of violence against our children.
Autism Had Nothing to Do With Adam Lanza’s Rampage
Richard E. Farley
December 30, 2012
These are telling remarks, and they show how laudable exercises in empathy can end up hurting those they intend to help.
Stop Moping! The Marathon Is Exactly What New York Needs Right Now
Jay Michaelson
November 3, 2012

Historical Examples

In short, I made an appeal to that laudable pride in your sister.'
Little Dorrit
Charles Dickens
You are indeed in your noviciate, as to every laudable attainment.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson
It is true, there were some laudable exceptions to this rule.
The Railroad Question
William Larrabee
The effort is not only laudable, but will, I have no doubt, be productive of the most beneficial results.
Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866
Henry Howland Crapo
So, all on fire with this laudable ambition, he set to work at once.
An Old Meerschaum
David Christie Murray

British Dictionary definitions for laudable

laudable

adjective

deserving or worthy of praise; admirable; commendable

Derived Formslaudableness or laudability, nounlaudably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for laudable

adj.

early 15c., from Old French laudable and directly from Latin laudabilis "praiseworthy," from laudare (see laud). Related: Laudably.

laudable in Medicine

laudable

(lô′də-bəl)

adj.

Healthy; favorable.

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Examples from the Web for laudable

Contemporary Examples

With laudable promptness, the speechifying began, as promised, at 11.

The garment is laudable: both innovative and socially conscious.

But the activists, for obvious and laudable reasons, want this option to be taken off the books in this case and for all time.

And we endorse the principle that no goal is laudable if it increases even slightly the risk of violence against our children.

These are telling remarks, and they show how laudable exercises in empathy can end up hurting those they intend to help.

Historical Examples

In short, I made an appeal to that laudable pride in your sister.'

You are indeed in your noviciate, as to every laudable attainment.

It is true, there were some laudable exceptions to this rule.

The effort is not only laudable, but will, I have no doubt, be productive of the most beneficial results.

So, all on fire with this laudable ambition, he set to work at once.

laudable

Word Origin and History for laudable

adj.

laudable

Origin of laudable