good deed
Altruistic gesture made
A good deed is a helpful or kind act done for someone else's benefit: No good deed goes unpunished.
The phrase carries slight formality or irony—people more often say they're helping out than doing good deeds.
Boy Scouts are famously encouraged to do a good deed daily.
Single portion given
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- favorKind act or preference
- aidSupport given freely
support · mitzvah · courtesy · rescue · intervention · paying it forward · lending a hand · heroic act
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
humanitarianism · social conscience · morality · virtue · nobility · idealism · unselfishness · warm-heartedness
Unpaid labor benefiting society
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- outreachProactive community assistance
- civic dutyObligation owed to community
- pro bonoFree professional services
advocacy · mentoring · tutoring · caregiving · visiting the sick · elder care · cleanup · habitat restoration
Voluntary charitable gift
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- givingTransferring to another
tithe · almsgiving · endowment · contribution · relief · welfare · beneficence · pledge
helping
Single portion given
- volunteerUnpaid willing participant
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- favorKind act or preference
aid · support · mitzvah · courtesy · rescue · intervention · paying it forward · lending a hand · heroic act · selfless act
altruism
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
benevolence · humanitarianism · social conscience · morality · virtue · nobility · idealism · unselfishness · warm-heartedness · big-heartedness
community service
Unpaid labor benefiting society
- volunteerismUnpaid community assistance
- outreachProactive community assistance
- civic dutyObligation owed to community
pro bono · advocacy · mentoring · tutoring · caregiving · visiting the sick · elder care · cleanup · habitat restoration · disaster relief
donation
Voluntary charitable gift
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
giving · tithe · almsgiving · endowment · contribution · relief · welfare · beneficence · pledge · grant
- ___ deed phrases
- moral sayingsdo unto others, golden rule, do the right thing, honesty is the best policy, treat others fairly
- uplifting storiessuccess story, comeback story, underdog story, redemption story, survival story
- moralitymoral, moral values, immoral, moral principles, moral code
- helpingaid, assist, give a hand, help, helping hand
- helping outhelping, assisting, aiding, pitching in, lending a hand
good deedbad deed
Harmful or wrong action
misdeed · sin · wrongdoing · crime · transgression
good deedexploitation
Selfish use of others
betrayal · disservice · unkindness · meanness · malice
good, deed, goods, deeds, goodwill, misdeed, goodly, misdeeds