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civil
 
Adjective civil has 6 senses
  1. civil - applying to ordinary citizens; "civil law"; "civil authorities"
    Antonym:     military (indirect, via civilian)
  2. civil, polite - 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
    Antonyms: uncivil, rude
  3. civil - 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. civil, civic - of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride"
  5. civil - (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight"
    Antonym:     sidereal
  6. civil - of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"
    Antonyms:     noncivilized, noncivilised (indirect, via civilized)
civics civicus-iave-unv civicus civie civies civiilization civil-libertarian civil-rights civil civil action civil aircraft civil authority civil book civil case civil censorship civil contempt civil day

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