"commendability" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: commend + -ability Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|commend|ability}} commend + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} commendability (uncountable)
  1. The state or quality of being commendable. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: praiseworthiness, laudability, commendableness
    Sense id: en-commendability-en-noun-Qzcbc17- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability

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          "ref": "1990, Larry Gostin, Surrogate Motherhood: Politics and Privacy, Indiana University Press, →OCLC, page 153",
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