- (superl.) Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.
- (superl.) Contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.
- (superl.) Sound; healthy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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