Usually means: Act of kindness towards others.
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  1. good turn: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. good turn: Collins English Dictionary
  3. good turn: Vocabulary.com
  4. good turn: Wordnik
  5. good turn: Wiktionary
  6. good turn: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. Good turn, good turn: Dictionary.com
  8. good turn: Rhymezone
  9. Good Turn: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. good turn: FreeDictionary.org
  11. good turn: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. good turn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. good turn: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. good turn: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (good turn)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act.

Similar:
turn, good work, doing, deed, almsdeed, assist, acting, reward, philanthropy, benefaction, more...

Opposite:
bad deed, wrong, misdeed, offense, transgression

Phrases:
do a good turn, one good turn deserves another, did a good turn, does a good turn, doing a good turn, more...

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Similar:
turn, good work, doing, deed, almsdeed, assist, acting, reward, philanthropy, benefaction, more...

Opposite:
bad deed, wrong, misdeed, offense, transgression

Phrases:
do a good turn, one good turn deserves another, did a good turn, does a good turn, doing a good turn, a good bad turn, more...



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