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  • noun The practice of doing good; virtuousness, good conduct.
  • adjective virtuous

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Examples

  • It was a good reminder that "well-doing" is always a good thing.

    Night Out, Conference, and New Blog Laurie 2009

  • My favorite idea, among many: "Do not be weary with well-doing."

    Archive 2009-12-01 Laurie 2009

  • It was a good reminder that "well-doing" is always a good thing.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Laurie 2009

  • “It was an experience of awesome proportions, as told by those who should have been so weary, but were instead were energized by their ‘well-doing.’”

    Hurricane Katrina 2007

  • My favorite idea, among many: "Do not be weary with well-doing."

    Night Out, Conference, and New Blog Laurie 2009

  • The essential condition of all well-being is well-doing.

    The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008

  • The essential condition of all well-being is well-doing.

    The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008

  • The essential condition of all well-being is well-doing.

    The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008

  • This is only a personal opinion; but, to utter our whole thought, at the point where Jean Valjean had arrived when he began to love Cosette, it is by no means clear to us that he did not need this encouragement in order that he might persevere in well-doing.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • The abstract idea of goodness is not an effectual motive for well-doing (p. 104).

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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