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Adjective
- of or in a condition of social order
- (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
- a civil day begins at mean midnight
- of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
- of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
- civil branches of government
- 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
- applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military