Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Welfare

Welfare , noun

[Well + fare to go, to proceed, to happen.]

Well-doing or well-being in any respect; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; exemption from any evil or calamity; prosperity; happiness.
How to study for the people's welfare. — Shakespeare
In whose deep eyes Men read the welfare of the times to come. — Emerson