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View synonyms for labor of love

labor of love

noun

  1. work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards:

    He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of labor of love1

First recorded in 1665–75
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Idioms and Phrases

Work done for one's satisfaction rather than monetary reward. For example, The research took three years but it was a labor of love . This expression appears twice in the New Testament (Hebrews 6:10, Thessalonians 1:3), referring to those who do God's work as a labor of love. [c. 1600]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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