Antonyms for services

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sur-vis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr vɪs

Definition of services

Origin : c.1100, "celebration of public worship," from Old French servise "act of homage; servitude; service at table; Mass, church ceremony," from Latin servitium "slavery, condition of a slave, servitude," also "slaves collectively," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)).
Meaning "act of serving, occupation of an attendant servant" is attested from c.1200, as is that of "assistance, help; a helpful act." From c.1300 as "provision of food; sequence of dishes served in a meal;" from late 14c. as "service at table, attendance during a meal." Meaning "the furniture of the table" (tea service, etc.) is from mid-15c.
Meanings "state of being bound to undertake tasks for someone or at someone's direction; labor performed or undertaken for another" are mid-13c. Sense of "service or employment in a court or administration" is from c.1300, as is that of "military service (especially by a knight); employment as a soldier;" hence "the military as an occupation" (1706).
Also in Middle English "sexual intercourse, conjugal relations" (mid-15c.; service of Venus, or flesh's service). Service industry (as distinct from production) attested from 1938. A service station originally was a gas stop that also repaired cars.

noun aid, help
noun rite of a church
noun time in military operation

Example sentences :

In the midst of this generosity, the services of Geta and Milza were not forgotten.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

I can only say that if my services are required I shall be found ready and willing.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

I can bear witness to the value of her services in South Carolina and Florida.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

In the afternoon, services were held in the chapel downstairs.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The services of the priest had then to be dispensed with for weeks, even months, at a time.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Are they not then doubly officious in their respects and services to you?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The North is every year less and less in need of his services.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

The meeting-house was filled long before the services did begin.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

This family fiction was the family assertion of itself against her services.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Amongst other services the monks rendered was the cultivation of learning and knowledge.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

Synonyms for services

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