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Definition of Community service

1. Noun. A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions.

2. Noun. An unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence.

Definition of Community service

1. Noun. Service or activity done for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Community Service

community languages community medicine community mental health centre community mental health centres community mental health services community networks community nurse community of interests community of scholars community owned

community ownership community pharmacy services community property community psychiatry community psychology community service (current term) community spirit communitywide communitywise communiversity

communization communizations communize communized communizes communizing commutabilities commutability commutable commutableness

Literary usage of Community service

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Spec 122: 66-8 Ja 18 49 Sfc aim community service; Schoolhouses as social ... See Music, Community community service Best thing that ever came to Chester. ..."

2. Peer Justice & Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court by Tracy M. Godwin, David J. Steinhart, Betsy A. Fulton (1997)
"Historically, community service has revolved around punitive, menial assignments, while little attention has been paid to the advantages that community ..."

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