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CIVIL

Definition:

1. [adjective] applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"
   
   
2. [adjective] not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham
   Synonyms: polite
   
   
3. [adjective] of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobediece"; "civil branches of government"
   
   
4. [adjective] of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"
   Synonyms: civic
   
   
5. [adjective] (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight"
   
   
6. [adjective] of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"
   
   

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