Civil

adjective
'sɪvəl

Adjective

  • of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals

    civil rights

    civil liberty

    Similar:Civic
  • not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others

    even if he didn't like them he should have been civil

    Similar:Polite
  • applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military

    civil authorities

  • of or in a condition of social order

    civil peoples

Other

  • (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life

    the civil calendar

    a civil day begins at mean midnight

  • of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state

    civil affairs

    civil strife

    civil disobedience

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