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Defenition of the word civil

    • Defenition of the word civil

      • 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"
      • applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"
      • of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobediece"; "civil branches of government"
      • of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"
      • 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
      • 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
      • of or in a condition of social order
      • not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
      • (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
      • applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
      • of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
      • of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state

    Synonyms for the word civil

      • civic
      • polite

    Similar words in the civil

      • civilian
      • civilised
      • civilized

    Antonyms for the word civil

      • rude
      • sidereal
      • uncivil

    Idioms for the word civil

      • civil war
      • civil disobedience

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