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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 51Թ 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
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of civil1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It comes as fears grow that South Sudan may again descend into civil war.
The NHS Wales Executive was established in 2023 as a "hybrid" body made up of NHS staff and civil servants with the aim of strengthening leadership and helping to transform clinical services.
Why it should infect nations that are prosperous, ostensibly well educated, and with civil societies that have supposedly developed beyond tribal superstition is a mystery that has never been explained.
Abroad, the killings have tanked the new authorities’ hopes of legitimizing their rule before the international community and of ending sanctions on a country ravaged by nearly 14 years of civil war.
Cambodia remains littered with millions of unexploded munitions following about 20 years of civil war that ended in 1998.
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