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Civil

adjective

Applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military.

Not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others. Synonym: polite.

Of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state. "Civil strife" , "Civil disobedience" , "Civil branches of government"

Of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals. Synonym: civic. "Civil liberty" , "Civic duties" , "Civic pride"

(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life. "A civil day begins at mean midnight"

Of or in a condition of social order.

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"Civil" Quotes from Famous Books

... than faithfully yours, for an hour or so. But when you get 'em for breakfast and lunch and dinner. And they even insist upon trifling with the holies of your smoking times, trying to light up cigarettes themselves, and jabbering all the time, why then you seize on a civil offer to risk your neck in a racing car as a drowning man would catch at a torpedo if he ...

— In the Mist of the Mountains • Ethel Turner

... said Grandfather, "did not keep possession of the chair a great while. His opinions of civil and religious matters differed, in many respects, from those of the rulers and clergymen of Massachusetts. Now, the wise men of those days believed that the country could not be safe unless all the inhabitants thought ...

— Grandfather's Chair • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... sofa unoccupied, and had made our beds and had stowed our baggage. We rushed to the place, and just as the train was ready to pull out and the porters were slamming the doors to, all down the line, an officer of the Indian Civil Service, a good friend of ours, put his head in ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... splits with both, he could then get some ambitious leader (one with more self-love than patriotism) just to tip him the wink, and invite him to become the champion of the strongest faction; he could then, being careful to let the cause of humanity and the spread of civil liberty be his watchword, go out with his sword sharpened, and after cutting down the existing powers, snatch up the diadem and place it upon his own head. Glanmoregain explained his various plans with such minuteness that ...

— The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter • "Pheleg Van Trusedale"

... that event, McBride can call in the civil authorities of Cape Town, to remove Peasley ...

— Cappy Ricks • Peter B. Kyne

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