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civil
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Adjective
  • of or in a condition of social order
    • civil peoples
  • (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
    • the civil calendar
    • a civil day begins at mean midnight
  • of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
    • civil rights
    • civil liberty
    • civic duties
    • civic pride
  • of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
    • civil affairs
    • civil strife
    • civil disobedience
    • 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
    • civil authorities
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