praiseworthiness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Hence Grossman’s remarks about Wood lacking the “language” to praise the book, as though the praiseworthiness of the book was ultimately a given.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2014
Especially if it’s an object or system with complex behaviors that are difficult to understand in purely mechanistic terms, we’ll attribute pretty much any entity with a range of humanlike properties including praiseworthiness and blameworthiness.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2013
In the action of the Will in respect to such states—action which must arise in some direction under such circumstances—moral guilt, or praiseworthiness, arises.
From Doctrine of the Will by Mahan, Asa
That might conceivably alter the praise, but it would surely not alter the praiseworthiness.
From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
You will be a source of comfort to others, and carry a consciousness of praiseworthiness in your own bosom.
From Friends and Neighbors by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
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