Associations to the word «Commonweal»

Wiktionary

COMMONWEAL, noun. (obsolete or archaic) The common good.

Dictionary definition

COMMONWEAL, noun. The good of a community.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats