salutariness
(ˈsæljʊtərɪnɪs)
[f. salutary a. + -ness.]
The property of being salutary.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II. 1755 Johnson, Salutariness, wholsomeness; quality of contributing to health or safety. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) 98 The desire felt by the pious Israelites for some new aspect of religion such as Jesus Christ presented, is.. the best proof of its..salutariness. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics iii. 41 Insistence on the salutariness of a state in which the wills of slaves and citizens are humbly subject to the wills of masters and rulers. |