Thesaurus: civil

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1. a. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
2. a. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
3. a. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.
4. a. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.
5. a. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.
6. a. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings.
7. adj. applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military
8. adj. not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
9. adj. of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
10. adj. of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
11. adj. (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
12. adj. of or in a condition of social order