Welfare
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
welfare (noun)1.
the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity - must look out for your own welfare
2.
a) aid in the form of money or necessities for those in need
b) an agency or program through which such aid is distributed
1.
of, relating to, or concerned with welfare and especially with improvement of the welfare of disadvantaged social groups - welfare legislation
2.
receiving public welfare benefits - welfare families
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
welfare (noun)the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success
SYNONYMS:
good, interest, weal, well-beingRELATED WORDS:
fortune, prosperity, prosperousness, success, successfulness; fitness, health, healthiness, robustness, soundness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness; bliss, felicity, happiness, joy; advantage, benefit, gain, sake; content, contentedness, gratification, satisfactionNEAR ANTONYMS:
unhealthiness, unsoundness; misery, sadness, suffering, unhappiness, wretchedness