weal

  1. Noun.  (literary) welfare.
  2. Noun.  a sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
  3. Noun.  a raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by stroke of rod or whip; a welt.

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