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Community service

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

    "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."

  2. 2
    an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence wordnet
  3. 3
    Such work performed as an alternative for a criminal penalty. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions wordnet

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