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Meanings of commonweal in English

The good of a community.

Synonyms
Examples for "common good"
Examples for "common good"
1
Its actual meaning is 'a self-sacrifice for the common good.' She paused.
Inferno
2
We affirm that it is needed for the common good of society.
The Irish Times
3
He said land, like education, should be de-commodified for the common good.
The South African
4
Yet again the common good is swept aside to benefit the wealthy.
The Irish Times
5
In this horizon, a genuine sense of the common good also disappears.
The Guardian
Usage of commonweal in English
1
The commonweal is one man's absolute estate and responsibility no more.
The New Machiavelli
2
You are accused as spies and enemies of the commonweal.
The Red Axe
3
The value of this commonweal is always overestimated.
In Defense of Women
4
Bonaparte represents an economic class, and that the most numerous in the commonweal of France-theAllotment Farmer.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
5
Always now it shall be the service of the commonweal as well as I can do it.
The Soul of a Bishop
6
They flowed ant to ant, spreading the latest news, the gossip, the health and wealth of the commonweal.
Anthill: a novel
7
If these workmen had not been one-eyed or consumptive could they have performed their work for the commonweal?
The Malady of the Century
8
Through this language the vernacular citizen escapes from his parochial and national limitations to a wide commonweal of thought.
Mankind in the Making
9
It was debated whether or no, with safety to the commonweal, yonder scarlet letter might be taken off your bosom.
The Scarlet Letter
10
They abuse your argument; they misrepresent your motives; they deride your sincerity and your protestations of good faith and the commonweal.
A journey: my political life
11
Telling the story of an American family over the last five decades, its title nods to our endangered "commonweal".
The Guardian
12
Well, I would all men would look to their duty, as God hath called them, and then we should have a flourishing christian commonweal.
Sermons on the Card, and Other Discourses
13
Accordingly, the political influence of the allotment farmer finds its ultimate expression in an Executive power that subjugates the commonweal to its own autocratic will.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
14
Hear me now: the Wasp Empire's long war with the Commonweal is done.
Empire in black and gold
15
After all, they were not enlightened people in his Commonweal.
Empire in black and gold
16
They've finished playing with the Commonweal and now they're coming for us, at last.'
Empire in black and gold
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