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Commonweal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The public good or welfare.

n. Archaic A commonwealth or republic.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The common good.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Commonwealth.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The public good; the common welfare of the nation or community.

n. A commonwealth; the body politic; a community.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

good

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

commonwealth

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