Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions;
[syn: community service, public service]
2. an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
community service
n 1: a service that is performed for the benefit of the public
or its institutions [syn: community service, public
service]
2: an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is
performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence