good work exclamation 1noun 1forms 1 exclamation1 •An exclamation of praise or encouragement; good job. noun[in the plural]1 •A person's beneficent action or deed, especially one of a charitable nature that advances one's progress toward salvation.[E]verlasting life . . . must be a righteous and just life; a loving and merciful life; for God is righteous, just, loving, merciful; and more, it must be an useful life, a life of good works. — 1859 formsgood works