weal

Prosperity; happiness.

The welfare of the community; the general good.

A ridge on the flesh raised by a blow; a welt.

Wealth; riches; hence, prosperity; success; happiness; well-being; the state of being well or prosperous: as, come weal or woe.

The state: properly in the phrases common weal, public weal, general weal, meaning primarily ‘the common or public welfare,’ but used (the first now as a compound word) to designate the state (in which weal used alone is an abbreviation of commonweal).

To promote the weal or welfare of.

Same as wale.

Same as wed.

To be in woe or want.

The mark of a stripe. See wale.