creditable
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/ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl/
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ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl
Adjective
Credible or believable.
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Before receiving his testimony, the officer is required to ascertain from his own knowledge or by a creditable witness that he is a subscribing witness to the deed.
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That brings credit or honour; respectable.
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The locomotive had been magnificently burnished at Norwich depot, with polished brasswork and red-painted coupling rods—all the more creditable, Dr. Allen adds, as it spent many months last winter in open store.
That can be assigned; assignable.
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Adjective
worthy of often limited commendation
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the student's effort on the essay — though not outstanding — was creditable
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