Civil

['sɪv(ə)l;-ɪl] or ['sɪvl]

Definition

(adj.) of or in a condition of social order; 'civil peoples' .

(adj.) 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'- W.S. Maugham .

(adj.) (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; 'the civil calendar'; 'a civil day begins at mean midnight' .

(adj.) applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military; 'civil authorities' .

(adj.) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; 'civil rights'; 'civil liberty'; 'civic duties'; 'civic pride' .

(adj.) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; 'civil affairs'; 'civil strife'; 'civil disobedience'; 'civil branches of government' .

Edited by Kelsey--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

(a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

(a.) Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.

(a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.

(a.) Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.

(a.) Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.

Typed by Ada

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Civilized, not savage.[2]. Municipal, political, civic, not military.[3]. Intestine, domestic, not foreign.[4]. Courteous, ceremonious, polite, refined, complaisant, urbane, obliging, affable, debonair, easy, gracious, well-bred.

Checked by Joseph

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Well-mannered, political, courteous, well-bred, complaisant, affable, urbane,polite, obliging, accommodating, respectful

ANT:Disobliging, unaccommodating, disrespectful, boorish, clownish, churlish,uncivil

Typed by Anton

Definition

adj. pertaining to the community: having the refinement of city-bred people: polite: commercial not military: lay secular or temporal not ecclesiastical: pertaining to the individual citizen: (law) relating to private relations amongst citizens and such suits as arise out of these as opposed to criminal: (theol.) naturally good as opposed to good through regeneration.—ns. Civil′ian a professor or student of civil law (not canon law): one engaged in civil as distinguished from military and other pursuits; Civ′ilist one versed in civil law; Civil′ity good-breeding: politeness.—adv. Civ′illy.—adj. Civ′il-suit′ed (Milton) sombrely clad.—n. Civ′ism good citizenship state of being well-affected to the government.—Civil death the loss of all civil and legal but not natural privileges as by outlawry: Civil engineer one who plans rail-ways docks &c. as opposed to a military engineer or to a mechanical engineer who makes machines &c.; Civil law as opposed to criminal law: the law laid down by a state regarding the rights of the inhabitants; Civil list now the expenses of the sovereign's household only; Civil list pensions those granted by royal favour; Civil service the paid service of the state in so far as it is not military or naval; Civil war a war between citizens of the same state.

Checker: Roland

Examples

Checker: Roland

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