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r condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society.

hics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.

ing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts. Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. Ps. cxliv. 15. The learned is happy Nature to…

ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.

f performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants.

Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness. How to study for the people's welfare. Shak. In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come. Emerson.