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salutary
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[ˈsaljʊt(ə)ri], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial
(e.g: it failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain's loss of its colonies)
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Origin
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late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘remedy’): from French salutaire or Latin salutaris, from salus, salut- ‘health’
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