| laudable |
| 1. adj. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable | |
| laudable motives - | |
| laudable actions - | |
| laudable ambition - | |
| 2. adj. Healthy; salubrious; having a disposition to promote healing | |
| laudable juices of the body - | |
| laudable pus - | |
| ambition |
| 1. n. Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or literary fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people. | |
| My son, John, wants to be a firefighter very much. He has a lot of ambition. | |
| 2. n. An object of an ardent desire. | |
| My ambition is to own a helicopter. | |
| 3. n. A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things. | |
| 4. n. A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing. | |
| 6. v. To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet. | |
| Pausanias, ambitioning the sovereignty of Greece, bargains with Xerxes for his daughter in marriage. — Trumbull. | |
