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1. Governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
   "she lives on welfare";
   - social welfare, public assistance
    
2. Something that aids or promotes well-being
   "for the welfare of all";
   - benefit
    
3. A contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
   "the town was finally on the welfare after our recent troubles";
   - wellbeing, well-being, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia

Derived forms: welfares

Type of: aid, economic aid, financial aid, good, goodness, prosperity, successfulness

Encyclopedia: Welfare Welfare, Choice and Solidarity in Transition Welfare, Texas