Definition: well-being

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

well-being
     n : a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous;
         "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent
         troubles" [syn: wellbeing, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia,
          eudaimonia] [ant: ill-being]
wellbeing
     n : a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous;
         "the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent
         troubles" [syn: well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia,
          eudaimonia] [ant: ill-being]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Well-being \Well"-be`ing\, n.
   The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness;
   prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men
   or of society.