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noun
The common good; public wellbeing or prosperity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: res publica
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The body politic; republic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the good of a community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: common good
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: good
History
From Middle English comun wele, commen wele, comune wele, equivalent to common (“public”) + weal (“well-being”). By the 1520s used by some authors as the equivalent of res publica (republic), alongside commonwealth from about the same time.
