civil

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   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.

2. 2adjective

   Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

3. 3adjective

   Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.

4. 4adjective

   Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.

5. 5adjective

   Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.

6. 6adjective

   Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.

7. 7adjective

   of or in a condition of social order

   "civil peoples"

8. 8adjective

   not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others- W.S. Maugham

   "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"

   Synonyms

   polite
9. 9adjective

   (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life

   "the civil calendar"

   "a civil day begins at mean midnight"

10. 10adjective

    applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military

    "civil authorities"

11. 11adjective

    of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals

    "civil rights"

    "civil liberty"

    Synonyms

    civic
12. 12adjective

    of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state

    "civil affairs"

    "civil strife"