labour of love
labour of love is the alternative spelling of labor of love.
Meaning of labor of love
Noun
labor of love (plural labors of love)
- A task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement or practical benefit; an altruistic work or undertaking; an action or hobby performed purely out of an inner desire to do so.
- Here, indeed, at length, must the Editor give utterance to a painful suspicion, which, through late Chapters, has begun to haunt him; paralyzing any little enthusiasm that might still have rendered his thorny Biographical task a labor of love.1831, Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
Forms of labour of love
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Questions about labour of love
- What is labour of love the alternative spelling of?
- Labour of love is the alternative spelling of labor of love.
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