CIVIL Definition & Meaning

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civil

[ siv-uhl ]

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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.
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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

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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

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of civil¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ��ī��ī��, equivalent to ��ī�� ( is ) citizen + -ī�� -il

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of civil¹

C14: from Old French, from Latin ��ī��ī��, from ��ī��is citizen

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Synonym Study

Civil, affable, courteous, polite all imply avoidance of rudeness toward others. Civil suggests a minimum of observance of social requirements. Affable suggests ease of approach and friendliness. Courteous implies positive, dignified, sincere, and thoughtful consideration for others. Polite implies habitual courtesy, arising from a consciousness of one's training and the demands of good manners.

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Cambodia remains littered with millions of unexploded munitions following about 20 years of civil war that ended in 1998.

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The hip-hop mogul has denied all the allegations against him, including those outlined in dozens of civil lawsuits filed.

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But outside powers helped fuel that civil war for more than a decade, and its neighbours are now eyeing the vacuum left by Assad.

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The civil suit claims Paredes suffered several bruises and broken bones, including a broken hyoid bone, which is in the front of the neck, and a partially crushed vertebra.

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But ultimately, they all wanted to uphold the guarantees of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties and uphold things that people could all agree on; something like our constitutional order, the rule of law.

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