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English to English adjective
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not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others |  | Example: even if he didn't like them he should have been civil
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of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state | | Example: civil affairs
civil strife
civil disobedience
civil branches of government
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of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals | | Example: civil rights
civil liberty
civic duties
civic pride
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(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life | | Example: the civil calendar
a civil day begins at mean midnight
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military | | Example: civil authorities
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of or in a condition of social order | | Example: civil peoples
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