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Definitions for Civil

[1] of, relating to, or consisting of citizens: civil life; civil society.
[2] of the commonwealth or state: civil affairs.
[3] of citizens in their ordinary capacity, or of the ordinary life and affairs of citizens, as distinguished from military and ecclesiastical life and affairs.
[4] of the citizen as an individual: civil liberty.
[5] befitting a citizen: a civil duty.
[6] of, or in a condition of, social order or organized government; civilized: civil peoples.
[7] adhering to the norms of polite social intercourse; not deficient in common courtesy: After their disagreement, their relations were civil though not cordial.
[8] marked by benevolence: He was a very civil sort, and we liked him immediately.
[9] (of divisions of time) legally recognized in the ordinary affairs of life: the civil year.
[10] of or relating to civil law.
[11] of the ordinary life of citizens as distinguished from military, legal, or ecclesiastical affairs
[12] of or relating to the citizen as an individual civil rights
[13] of or occurring within the state or between citizens civil strife
[14] polite or courteous
[15] a less common word for civic
[16] of or in accordance with Roman law
[17] relating to the private rights of citizens

Words related to Civil

local, governmental, domestic, national, civilian, cordial, diplomatic, polite, civilized, courteous, formal, home, interior, municipal, political, public, accommodating, affable, complaisant, courtly

Words nearby Civil

civic centre, civic university, civic-minded, civics, civies, civil, civil aeronautics board, civil air patrol, civil court, civil day, civil death

Origin of Civil

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cīvīlis, equivalent to cīv(is ) citizen + -īlis -il

Other words from Civil

civ·il·ness , noun
an·ti·civ·il , adjective
half-civ·il , adjective
half-civ·il·ly , adverb
o·ver·civ·il , adjective
o·ver·civ·il·ly , adverb
qua·si-civ·il , adjective
qua·si-civ·il·ly , adverb
su·per·civ·il , adjective
su·per·civ·il·ly , adverb

Word origin for Civil

C14: from Old French, from Latin cīvīlis, from cīvis citizen

Synonyms for Civil

civilian, domestic, governmental, local, national, home, interior, municipal, political, public