Commendability
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being commendable. uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From commend + -ability.
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