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civil
[siv-uhl]
adjective
of, relating to, or consisting of citizens.
civil life; civil society.
of the commonwealth or state.
civil affairs.
of citizens in their ordinary capacity, or of the ordinary life and affairs of citizens, as distinguished from military and ecclesiastical life and affairs.
of the citizen as an individual.
civil liberty.
befitting a citizen.
a civil duty.
of, or in a condition of, social order or organized government; civilized: civilized.
civil peoples.
adhering to the norms of polite social intercourse; not deficient in common courtesy.
After their disagreement, their relations were civil though not cordial.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,Antonyms: ,marked by benevolence.
He was a very civil sort, and we liked him immediately.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,Antonyms: ,(of divisions of time) legally recognized in the ordinary affairs of life.
the civil year.
of or relating to civil law.
civil
/ ˈɪə /
adjective
of the ordinary life of citizens as distinguished from military, legal, or ecclesiastical affairs
of or relating to the citizen as an individual
civil rights
of or occurring within the state or between citizens
civil strife
polite or courteous
a less common word for civic
of or in accordance with Roman law
relating to the private rights of citizens
Other Word Forms
- civilness noun
- anticivil adjective
- half-civil adjective
- half-civilly adverb
- overcivil adjective
- overcivilly adverb
- quasi-civil adjective
- quasi-civilly adverb
- supercivil adjective
- supercivilly adverb
- ˈԱ noun
- ˈ adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of civil1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
On Friday, a black box was found at the site of the crash which India's civil aviation minister, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, said would "significantly aid the inquiry" into the disaster.
On Saturday, Jose Azetcla, a member of the civil rights group the Brown Berets, told the BBC in Los Angeles that it was immigration that brought him out on to the streets.
Both young women were born during the civil war and grew up witnessing their country fragmenting.
He is simply a prisoner in Ukraine's civil legal system.
The law grants civil immunity to drivers who injure or kill someone while fleeing a protest blocking a roadway, but only if the driver claims they feared for their safety.
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