Noun: community service
- A service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
"Volunteering at the food bank was her way of performing community service";
- public service
- An unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence
"As part of his community service, he cleaned up the local park"
Derived forms: community services
Type of: service
Encyclopedia: Community service