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COMMONWEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does commonweal mean?
• COMMONWEAL (noun)
The noun COMMONWEAL has 1 sense:
1. the good of a community
Familiarity information: COMMONWEAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The good of a community
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
common good; commonweal
Hypernyms ("commonweal" is a kind of...):
good (benefit)
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