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community service

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community service
n.
1. Services volunteered by individuals or an organization to benefit a community or its institutions.
2. Similar work performed by law offenders to serve a sentence in lieu of or in addition to jail time.

community service
n
1. (Social Welfare) voluntary work, intended to be for the common good, usually done as part of an organized scheme
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.community servicecommunity service - a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
service - an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service"
2.community service - an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence
service - an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service"
Translations
community service n (Brit) → servizio civile (volontario o in sostituzione della pena per reati minori)
community service n (Brit) → servizio civile (volontario o in sostituzione della pena per reati minori)


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LANCASTER -- The city's takeover and expansion of the community service officer program is beginning to show results for improving service and easing sheriff's deputies' workloads, city and sheriff's officials said Monday.
In response to growing obesity rates in the state, the Georgia Recreation and Park Association (GRPA) recently created and adopted a new resolution to offer healthy alternatives to children and families at community service agencies such as parks and recreation.
The Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale (CSSES) measures the person's confidence in his or her own ability to make clinically significant contributions to the community through service.
 
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