1 used to describe a period of time that someone has worked, which is used to calculate their pension (= payments when they stop work): --
That is not an honourable or creditable approach.
We have made progress on all these fronts over the past two years, less than we might have dreamt of but creditable nonetheless.
That scheme has been worked up in four or five years, and it is an extremely creditable performance.
That is very creditable, particularly when we consider the immense development of civil aviation that has taken place.
This seems all the more creditable when one looks at the antiquated system of the traditional arrangements.
It is not very creditable to go on living in the old worn-out trenches.
The voting shows an extraordinary amount of wobbling which, to say the least, is not quite creditable to all parties.
I have no doubt that these persons are regarded as creditable members of golf clubs and social gatherings of one kind and another.