Commonweal

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  • noun. The public good or welfare.
  • noun. A commonwealth or republic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The public good; the common welfare of the nation or community.
  • noun. A commonwealth; the body politic; a community.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Commonwealth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The common good.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the good of a community
  • Word Usage
    "When you understand Illinois politics, Obama’s emphasis on “bipartisanship” takes on a sinister air, since in Illinois the central faultline undermining the commonweal is not Republican vs. Democrat but Politician vs. Public."
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