Meanings
plural community services
- countableuncountableService or activity performed for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc.
1 more example
Within El Alberto, belonging is premised on the completion of between one and three years of unpaid community service, which all Hñähñu men and unmarried Hñähñu women are required to contribute every eight years. To default on this service is to lose citizenship within the pueblo. This means no longer being able to cultivate the land, build a home there, participate in the decision-making processes that affect the community, or receive the protections it provides.
2019, Michaela Django Walsh, “Partiendo la madre: Borders, Thresholds, and Transnational Sites of Belonging”, in Chiricú Journal, volume 3, number 2, →DOI, pages 47 of 41–58 - countableuncountablelawSuch work performed as an alternative for a criminal penalty.
Synonyms: community payback
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSuch work performed as an alternative for a criminal penalty.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀγγαρεία
- ἀγγαρεία (angareía)alternative penalty
Chinese Mandarin 社區服務 /社区服务, 社會服務 /社会服务
- 社區服務 /社区服务 (shèqū fúwù)voluntary service
- 社會服務 /社会服务 (shèhuì fúwù)voluntary service
- 社區服務 /社区服务 (shèqū fúwù)alternative penalty
- 社會服務 /社会服务 (shèhuì fúwù)alternative penalty
Danish samfundstjeneste
- samfundstjenestealternative penalty
Finnish vapaaehtoistyö, yhdyskuntapalvelu
- vapaaehtoistyövoluntary service
- yhdyskuntapalvelualternative penalty
French travail d'intérêt général, travaux communautaires
- travail d'intérêt généralalternative penalty
- travaux communautairesalternative penalty
German Gemeinschaftsdienst, gemeinnützige Leistung
- Gemeinschaftsdienstvoluntary service
- gemeinnützige Leistungalternative penalty
- gemeinnützige Arbeitalternative penalty
- freie Arbeit (Art. 293 EStGB)alternative penalty
Hungarian önkéntes munka, társadalmi munka
- önkéntes munkavoluntary service
- társadalmi munkavoluntary service
- közérdekű munkaalternative penalty
Indonesian pengabdian masyarakat
- pengabdian masyarakatvoluntary service
Malay khidmat masyarakat, khidmat masyarakat
- khidmat masyarakatvoluntary service
- khidmat masyarakatalternative penalty
Norwegian Bokmål samfunnstjeneste
- samfunnstjenestealternative penalty
Polish prace społeczne, prace społeczne
- prace społecznevoluntary service
- prace społecznealternative penalty
Romanian muncă în folosul comunității, muncă în folosul comunității
- muncă în folosul comunitățiivoluntary service
- muncă în folosul comunitățiialternative penalty
Russian обяза́тельные рабо́ты
- обяза́тельные рабо́ты (objazátelʹnyje rabóty)alternative penalty
Spanish servicio comunitario
- servicio comunitariovoluntary service
Swedish samhällstjänst
- samhällstjänstalternative penalty
Tagalog lingkod-pamayanan
- lingkod-pamayananvoluntary service
Cite this entry
community service. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20service
“community service.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20service. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “community service,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/community%20service.
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