Definitions

civil service

NOUN

bureaucracy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administration authority management ministry red tape

STRONG

directorate government officialdom officials

WEAK

beadledom city hall powers that be regulatory commission the Establishment the system

NOUN

public service

Synonyms

WEAK

benevolences good works philanthropies public life works

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County employees are allowed to appeal disciplinary measures and decisions of being fired to the Civil Service Commission.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Handling Joslin’s case are attorneys from the Civil Service Law Center, a firm formed by former Justice Department litigators, and the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

"The smears being thrown against her are reprehensible and hypocritical," Rupert McNeil, former head of HR at the Civil Service said recently.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

If she was appointed, Dame Antonia would be the first female head of the Civil Service.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The government, anticipating a man shortage, threw open Civil Service examinations for women workers in the big Thirty-fourth Street post office.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

civil service

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