well-doing

noun

The practice of doing good; virtuousness, good conduct.

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Meanings

nounwell-doing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe practice of doing good; virtuousness, good conduct.

    But I will not have your murderous propensities interfere with Emily's well-doing.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 213
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    If we take not the law of weldoing from our selves: if impunity be justice in us: to how many kindes of treacherie are we daily to abandon our selves?

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 16, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
adjectivewell-doing (not comparable)
  1. not comparablevirtuous
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