praiseworthy

Speech parts

1. praiseworthy - Adjective

2. praiseworthy - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy.

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Examples

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy. Joseph Joubert

It is praiseworthy when you give not only to your power but beyond your power. T. B. Joshua

Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic but praiseworthy tendency to die before reproducing their kind. Willard van Orman Quine

There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy. Ambrose Bierce

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy. Bertrand Russell

I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done. Booker T. Washington

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