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commonweal
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commonweal, n. [Common + weal.].
Commonwealth. [1913 Webster]
"Such a prince,
So kind a father of the commonweal." [1913 Webster]
So kind a father of the commonweal." [1913 Webster]
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commonweal
ally, archduchy, archdukedom, body politic, buffer state, captive nation, chieftaincy, chieftainry, child welfare, city-state, colony, commonwealth, country, county, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, empery, empire, free city, grand duchy, kingdom, land, mandant, mandate, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, nation, nationality, polis, polity, possession, power, principality, principate, protectorate, province, public welfare, puppet government, puppet regime, realm, republic, satellite, seneschalty, settlement, social service, social welfare, social work, sovereign nation, state, sultanate, superpower, territory, toparchia, toparchy, welfare, welfare state, welfare statism, welfare work, welfarismROGET THESAURUS
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Mankind
N man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?.For further exploring for "commonweal" in Webster Dictionary Online