Salutary

Meaning

Producing a beneficial or wholesome effect, especially a corrective one that may at first be unwelcome.

Origin / Etymology

Latin salutaris (healthful), from salus (health, welfare)

Synonyms

Beneficial Corrective Wholesome

Antonyms

Harmful Detrimental Deleterious

Example Sentence

"Brexit has been a salutary lesson on the real economic cost of turning away from regional integration."

🎯 UPSC Usage

A precise Essay and GS answer word when an experience or measure is beneficial as a warning or correction, not merely pleasant.

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