salutary

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French salutaire and its source, Latin salutaris (“healthful”), from salus (“health”).

adj

  1. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
    We do it here historically, and I think it's, um, very salutary to know quite a bit about the history of ideas, particularly in philosophy which always suffers from a tendency to follow the latest fashion. 1972, Michael Chanan, “Logic Lane”, in YouTube
  2. Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative.
    In the living state, the body is observed to […] reject what is noxious; to select what is salutary; … 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1

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