adjective
- Worthy of high praise.
- usage: "applaudable efforts to save the environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose"; "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence"
- synonyms: commendable, laudable, praiseworthy
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