good offices
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good offices
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To clarify the intended sense of office (“kindness, service”) and to distinguish from antonyms such as ill offices.
noun good office
- The beneficial services and acts of a third party, particularly mediation between two parties in a dispute. Marshall’s concern over Russia was to prove itself not without foundation. The Russians were already exploring areas along the Amur River, and only seven years after Marshall’s warning, Russia acquired an important tract of land between the Ussuri and the sea (including the city of Hai-ts’an-wei^([s
Opposite: ill offices, evil offices
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Opposite: ill offices, evil offices
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noun good offices
| 한국어 | 친절 chinjeol, 돌봄 dolbom |
|---|---|
| Português | mediação |
| Français | bon office, bons offices (concilatory mediation) |
| Română | bune oficii |
| Русский | услу́га uslúga, по́мощь pómoščʹ |
Talk about this word "good offices." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/good%20offices. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. good offices. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/good%20offices "good offices." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/good%20offices.Cite this
@misc{good_offices_2026,
title = {good offices},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/good%20offices},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
