Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Commendable \Com*mend"a*ble\, a.

   Note: (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L.
         commendabilis.]
   Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.

         Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only
         comely but commendable.                  --Bacon.
   -- {Com*mend"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Com*mend"a*bly}, adv.