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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.
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.
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- marked by benevolence:
He was a very civil sort, and we liked him immediately.
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- (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
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- i·Ա noun
- t·i adjective
- -i adjective
- -i·ly adverb
- v·i adjective
- v·i·ly adverb
- ܲȴ-i adjective
- ܲȴ-i·ly adverb
- p·i adjective
- p·i·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of civil1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The pair were in a long-term relationship and a year before their death, had entered into a civil partnership together, the prosecution told the Jury.
“When you’ve got a Black family in Los Angeles in the 1960s and it has nothing to do with civil rights, it has nothing to do with oppression.”
He got his professional start at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, a Latino civil rights organization, starting as an intern and eventually getting hired as a staff attorney.
On Wednesday, Mr Adams, under questioning from his own legal team, spoke about the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles, when "the entire situation moved from a civil rights struggle to a conflict situation".
The college said it would aim to ensure applicants are evaluated based on their ability to "engage constructively with different perspectives, show empathy and participate in civil discourse".
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