CIVIL

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : polite

• (adj.) (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life

  "the civil calendar", "a civil day begins at mean midnight"

• (adj.) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals

  "civil rights", "civil liberty", "civic duties", "civic pride"

  synonyms : civic

• (adj.) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state

  "civil affairs", "civil strife", "civil disobedience", "civil branches of government"

• (adj.) of or in a condition of social order

  "civil peoples"

• (adj.) applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military

  "civil authorities"

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