Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Laudable

Laudable , adjective

[Latin laudabilis: compare Old English laudable. See Laud, v. i.]

1.
Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
2.
(Medicine) Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus. — Arbuthnot