well-being
a good or satisfactory condition of existence; a state characterized by health, happiness, and prosperity; welfare: to influence the well-being of the nation and its people.
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The health, happiness and well-being of men, children and women improve.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMy exes were more concerned with my well-being because of everything I was going through.
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There are yogis who actually meditate, pray, and are deeply concerned with the survival and well-being of our planet.
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Generally at such times she did not think of anything, but lay immersed in an inarticulate well-being.
Summer | Edith WhartonAnyway, he was not going to offer material resistance to something which was concerned with the well being of Helen Ervin.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanIt also greatly disturbed the internal unity of the Church, and that in a manner peculiarly prejudicial to its well-being.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonDear reader, your future well-being in all time to come, depends upon your rightly understanding these seven subjects.
The Kingdom of God, Part 1 | Orson PrattThe sun was deliciously hot; its rays struck through to the skin, and seemed to pour in life and well-being.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Caird
British Dictionary definitions for wellbeing
/ (ˈwɛlˈbiːɪŋ) /
the condition of being contented, healthy, or successful; welfare
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