laudable
adjective
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Let’s have a hearty round of applause for laudable, a word that never fails to celebrate the positive. Laudable comes ultimately from Latin laud- or laus, meaning "praise," as does laudatory. However, the two differ in meaning, and usage commentators warn against using them interchangeably. Laudable means "deserving praise" or "praiseworthy," as in "laudable efforts to help the disadvantaged." Laudatory means "giving praise" or "expressing praise," as in "a laudatory book review." People occasionally use laudatory in place of laudable, but this use is not considered standard.
Examples of laudable in a Sentence
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Almost immediately, members of the public sympathetic to the defendant touted Tamura's actions as a laudable continuation of the defendant's philosophy.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
But the real, rarer and less predictable conflicts are the internal struggles of people whose laudable intentions bump up against desperate situations.
—Judy Berman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Getting people excited about the joys of eating fruits and vegetables is laudable.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Laudable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laudable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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laudable
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