welfare (noun)
1: governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need [syn: social welfare]
2: something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the common good" [syn: benefit]
3: a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous; "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles" [syn: wellbeing, well-being, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia] [ant: ill-being]