praiseworthiness
Americannoun
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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
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)
Again, this act has a special aspect of praiseworthiness by reason of its object.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
But the praiseworthiness of a virtue lies in the will, not in the power.
From On Prayer and The Contemplative Life by Pope, Hugh
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