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Meaning of 'civil' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Civil [ 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.
- Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
- Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
- Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
- Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
- Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.

Meaning of 'civil' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . civil [ a]
Meaning (1):
- (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
Example in sentence:
  • a civil day begins at mean midnight;
  • the civil calendar
Meaning (2):
- of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
Example in sentence:
  • civic duties;
  • civic pride;
  • civil liberty;
  • civil rights
Meaning (3):
- of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
Example in sentence:
  • civil affairs;
  • civil branches of government;
  • civil disobedience;
  • civil strife
Meaning (4):
- not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
Example in sentence:
  • even if he didn't like them he should have been civil
5 . civil [ s]
Meaning (5):
- applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
Example in sentence:
  • civil authorities
Meaning (6):
- of or in a condition of social order
Example in sentence:
  • civil peoples

Nearby Words:

cive civet civic civicism civics civilian civilist civilities civilizable civilization

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