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civ⋅il

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–adjective

1.	of, pertaining to, or consisting of citizens: civil life; civil society.

2.	of the commonwealth or state: civil affairs.

3.	of citizens in their ordinary capacity, or of the ordinary life and affairs of citizens, as distinguished from military and ecclesiastical life and affairs.

4.	of the citizen as an individual: civil liberty.

5.	befitting a citizen: a civil duty.

6.	of, or in a condition of, social order or organized government; civilized: civil peoples.

7.	adhering to the norms of polite social intercourse; not deficient in common courtesy: After their disagreement, their relations were civil though not cordial.

8.	marked by benevolence: He was a very civil sort, and we liked him immediately.

9.	(of divisions of time) legally recognized in the ordinary affairs of life: the civil year.

10.	of or pertaining to civil law.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L cīvīlis, equiv. to cīv(is) citizen + -īlis -il

Related forms:

civ⋅il⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
7, 8. respectful, deferential, gracious, complaisant, suave, affable, urbane, courtly. Civil, affable, courteous, polite all imply avoidance of rudeness toward others. Civil suggests a minimum of observance of social requirements. Affable suggests ease of approach and friendliness. Courteous implies positive, dignified, sincere, and thoughtful consideration for others. Polite implies habitual courtesy, arising from a consciousness of one's training and the demands of good manners.

Antonyms:
7, 8. boorish, churlish.

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civ·il (sĭv'əl)

adj.

Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens: civil duties.
Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state: civil society; the civil branches of government.
Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical: civil authorities.
Of or in accordance with organized society; civilized.
Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; not rude: a civil reply. See Synonyms at polite.
Being in accordance with or denoting legally recognized divisions of time: a civil year.
Law Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal, military, or international regulations or proceedings.

[Middle English, from Latin cīvīlis, from cīvis, citizen; see civic.]
civ'il·ly adv.

Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: civ·il
Pronunciation: 'si-v&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin civilis, from civis citizen
1 : concerning, befitting, or applying to individual citizens or to citizens as a whole civil duty> —see also CIVIL RIGHT
2 : marked by public order : peaceable in behavior
3 : of or relating to a legal system based on Roman law as opposed to the English common law —see also the JUDICIAL SYSTEM in the back matter
4 : relating to private rights and to judicial proceedings in connection with them; especially : relating to legal matters other than those characterized as criminal civil action> civil infraction>
5 : defined by law : LEGAL civil disability>
6 : of, relating to, or involving the general public, their activities, needs, ways, or civic affairs as distinguished from special (as military or religious) affairs civil authorities> civil service> —civ·il·ly adverb

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