Commendability

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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