Origin: Latin suffix -able
Commendable has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:
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"
Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable, or meritorious.
in an admirable manner
"the children's responses were admirably normal"