Associations to the word «Laudable»

Wiktionary

LAUDABLE, adjective. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
LAUDABLE, adjective. Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus.

Dictionary definition

LAUDABLE, adjective. Worthy of high praise; "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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats