due praise

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Only the courts are due praise, for how they sorted through some legitimate legal questions in unusually rapid fashion while under fierce political fire.

From Washington Times • Oct. 7, 2014

Give due praise, of course, to Russell Wilson’s poise beyond his years, and Marshawn Lynch’s relentless running.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2014

Those on the committee received due praise from the returning council members and from the state legislature, but voices of criticism were also heard.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

They who know how much scholars and masters usually seek to distinguish themselves, and display their science, will give to so uncommon an humility its due praise.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban