NOUN | act | welfare work, social service | an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society |
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Meaning | An organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society. | |
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Synonym | social service | |
Narrower | casework | Close sociological study of a maladjusted / maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment |
social work | Any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children | |
Broader | work | Activity directed toward making or doing something |
Spanish | asistencia social, servicio social |
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