Community Service (Noun)
Meaning 1
An unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Meaning 2
A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The city council awarded the local food bank for its outstanding community service in providing meals for the underprivileged.
- Part of the student's school requirement was to complete a certain number of hours of community service each semester.
- The judge ordered the young offender to complete 200 hours of community service as punishment for his minor crime.
- The company's employees participated in a community service project that involved planting trees in a local park.
- The retiree spent most of her free time doing community service at the nursing home, visiting with the elderly residents and playing games with them.