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The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
  2. n. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
  3. n. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism.
  4. n. deliberate discourtesy
  5. 1. The quality or state of being uncivil; want of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness. Shak. Tillotson. 2. Any act of rudeness or ill breeding. Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and incivilities. Jer. Taylor. 3. Want of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh. Syn. -- Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.
  6. n:100 n. deliberate discourtesy